Cooper County
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County Map
Size 362,241.34 Acres
County Seat Boonville
2000 Population
Change 1990-2000
16,670
1,835
Cooper 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 166,334.96 45.62
Row and Close Grown Crops 113,210.88 31.05
Deciduous Upland Mixed Oak Forest 35,659.65 9.78
Deciduous Upland Mixed Hardwood Forest 9,524.27 2.61
1Land cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.

Water Bodies
Lakes Rivers/Creeks Rivers/Creeks
Lamine C. A. Lake
Prairie Home C.A. Lakes
Prairie Lee Lakes
Blackwater River
Clark Creek
Clear Creek
Heaths Creek
Honey Branch.
Otter Creek
Stevens Creek
Tutt Creek
Wolf Creek

Missouri Fishing Waters
Stream Miles 200 Miles
Stream Acres 2,705 Acres
Lake Acres 2,092 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) 10300102 Lower Missouri-Moreau
10300103 Lamine
10300104 Blackwater
Primary Drinking Source List of Drinking Water Systems
Impaired waters [303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality None listed on the Final 1998 303(d) List for Missouri
Watershed Restoration Projects None listed yet
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds
Lower Missouri-Moreau
Lamine
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