| MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER |
BLUE EARTH RIVER WATERSHED
| SUMMARY TABLES |
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The Blue Earth River Major Watershed is one of the twelve major watersheds of the Minnesota River Basin. It is located in south central Minnesota within Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Watonwan counties and northern Iowa. There are 21 municipalities in the watershed of which the city of Mankato is the largest. The Blue Earth River major watershed area is approximately 1,550 square miles or 992,034 acres. Of the 992,034 acres, 775,590 acres are located in Minnesota and 216,444 acres are located in Iowa. The watershed is subdivided into 115 minor watersheds. The minor watersheds range in size from 2,197 acres to 30,584 acres with the mean size approximately 8,626 acres. Agriculture is the predominant land use within the watershed.
The Blue Earth River and its tributaries, public and private drainage systems, lakes and wetlands, define the drainage network of the major watershed. The Blue Earth River flows north to its confluence with the Minnesota River at the city of Mankato in Blue Earth County. The total distance of the stream network in Minnesota is 1,178 miles of which 414 miles are intermittent streams and 764 miles are perennial streams. |
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The summary tables of watershed data are generated from the Minnesota River Basin Data Center (MRBDC) GIS data. Individual table files may be downloaded as text and excel files. The Blue Earth River Watershed GIS Section provides GIS data, metadata and maps for download. |
| Summary Table | Download Table | Map | Map PDF |
| Counties | County Table (xls, txt) | ||
| Lakes | Lake Table (xls, txt) | ||
| Watersheds | Minorshed Table (xls, txt) | Minorshed (GIF) | Minorshed (419K) |
| Municipalities | Municipality Table (xls, txt) | ||
| Wetlands | Wetland Table (xls, txt) | ||
| Streams | Stream Table (xls, txt) |
| Publications and maps available for downloading and printing are in Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf). Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free from www.adobe.com. Please contact the MRBDC staff if you have questions or updated information about data at this site. |
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Return to MRBDC Home Page This page was last updated 3/29/02 Minnesota River Basin Data Center Minnesota State University, Mankato 184 Trafton Science Center S, Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: (507)389-5492 FAX: (507)389-5493 Email: mrbdc@mnsu.edu |