Callaway County
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County Map
Size 538,882 Acres
County Seat Fulton
2000 Population
Change 1990-2000
40,766
7,957
Callaway County - County Fact Sheets which list  agriculture, business and economics, demographics, education, health, youth and family, historical census data, and county map information
Agricultural and Natural Resources Contacts

1Land Cover Type Acres %coverage of County
Non-Native, Cool-Season Grasslands 171,399.55 31.63
Row and Close Grown Crops 125,984.79 23.25
Deciduous Upland Mixed Oak Forest 119,672.11 22.08
Deciduous Upland Mixed Hardwood Forest 35,701.68 6.59
1Land cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.

Water Bodies
Lakes Rivers/Creeks Rivers/Creeks
Bass Lake
Bashake Lake
Glover Spring Lake
Henke Lake
Herring Lk
Leisure Lake
Lahweena Lake
Little Dixie Lake
Whetstone Creek Lake 
Auxvasse Creek
Bachelor Creek
Big Branch
Big Tarven Creek
Blue Creek
Brushy Creek
Bynum Creek
Cedar Creek
Clabber Creek
Collier Branch
Cow Creek
Grows Fork Creek
Dry Creek
Dunlap Creek
Halls Branch
Harrison Creek
Highstring Creek
Hillers Creek
Houf Creek
Little Creek
Logan Creek
Maddox Creek
Mannacle Creek
Owl Branch
Prairie Creek
Price Creek
Richland Creek
Rivaux Creek
Smiley Branch
Smith Creek
Turkey Creek
Whetstone Creek
Young Creek
Whetstone Creek

Missouri Fishing Waters
Stream Miles 299 Miles
Stream Acres 3,484 Acres
Lake Acres 4,244 Acres

Watershed Health
Safe Drinking Water Compliance Values
County includes portions of three (3) **watersheds (at the 8 digit level of the USGS Hydrologic Units) 07110006 South Fork Salt
10300102 Lower Missouri-Moreau
10300200 Lower Missouri
Primary Drinking Source List of Drinking Water Systems
Impaired waters [303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality Bynum Creek; Pollutant-Sediment; Source - Auxvasse Stone Quarry; Priority - Low

Cedar Creek; Pollutant-pH, Sulfate; Source - Cedar Creek AML; Priority - Medium

Cedar Creek; Pollutant-Sulfate; Source - Manacle, Cross-Mitchell AMLs; Priority - Low

Manacle Creek; Pollutant - pH, Sulfate;
Source - Manacle Creek AML; Priority - Low

Stinson Creek; Pollutant - BOD, NH3N, NFR
Source - Fulton WWTP; Priority - High

Watershed Restoration Projects None listed yet
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds
South Fork Salt
Lower Missouri-Moreau
Lower Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation MDC Private Land Assistance
Conservation Assistance Contractors
Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey Manuscript and SSURGO Data Access Page


Missouri Department
of Natural Resources

Missouri Watershed Information Network (MoWIN)
Send comments to: mowin1@missouri.edu
205 Agricultural Engineering
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-0085
Toll Free: (MO only): 1-877-H20-shed (426-7433)
Fax: (573) 884-5650

Page last updated August 26, 2008