Ozark County
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County Map
Size 467,841.73 Acres
County Seat Gainesville
2000 Population
Change1990-2000
9,542
944
Ozark 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 181836.09 37.66
Deciduous Upland Mixed Oak Forest 177861.01 36.83
Mixed Evergreen-Deciduous Red Cedar Hardwood Forest 39138.78 8.1
Mixed Evergreen-Deciduous Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest

26457.62

5.48
1Land cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.

Water Bodies
Lakes Rivers/Creeks Rivers/Creeks
Bull Shoals Lake
Hagard Lake
Hurricane Lake
McVay Lake
Norfolk Lake
Otter Lake
Weidensaul Lake
Barren Hollow
Barrett Hollow
Barren Creek
Bear Creek
Becky Cobb Creek
Bell Pond Hollow
Bennett Hollow
Bennett's Bayou.
Blair Hollow
Bollinger Branch
Bray Hollow
Bridge Creek
Brodges Creek
Brixey Creek
Brush Creek
Bryant Creek
Trib. to Bryant Creek
Brushy Hollow
Crooked Creek
Dry Creek
Dry Hollow
Goldsbarry Hollow
Gulley Spring Creek
Lick Creek
Liner Creek
Little Branch
Long Run Creek
Lottie Creek
Ludecker Hollow
Morris Hollow
Nance Creek
Pigeon Creek
Piney River
Possum Walk Creek
Racoon Hollow
Sawmill Hollow
Smith Hollow
Spring Creek
White River
Willow Creek

Missouri Fishing Waters
Stream Miles 285 Miles
Stream Acres 1,089 Acres
Lake Acres 5,486 Acres

Watershed Health
Safe Drinking Water Compliance Values
County includes portions of
two (2) **watersheds  
(at the 8 digit
level of the USGS Hydrologic Units)
11010003 Bull Shoals Lake
11010006 North Fork White
Primary Drinking Source List of Drinking Water Systems
Impaired waters [303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality None listed in the 1998 Final 303(d) List for Missouri
Water Pollution Control's (Regional) Basin Plans White River Basin
Watershed Restoration Projects None listed yet
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds
Bull Shoals Lake
North Fork White
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