Saline County
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County Map
Size 483,201.79 Acres
County Seat Marshall
2000 population
Change 1990-2000
23,756
233
Saline 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

Row and Close Grown Crops 303,874.93 62.15
Non-Native, Cool-Season Grasslands 112,462.74 23
Deciduous Upland Mixed Oak Forest 14,139.18 2.89
Deciduous Upland Mixed Invasive Forest 12,485.46 2.55
1Land cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.

Water Bodies
Lakes/Dams Rivers/Creeks Rivers/Creeks
Arrow Rock Lake
Blind Pony Lake
Malta Bend Lake
Marshall Habilitation Lake
Van Meter St. Park Lake
Bear Creek (2)
Blackwater River
Brush Creek
Buck Creek
Buzzard Branch
Camp Creek
Copperas Creek
Cow Creek
Crooked Creek
Davis Creek
Dicks Branch
Dry Creek
East Cow Creek
East Fork Salt Pond Creek
Edmondson Creek
Elm Branch
Finney Creek
Fish Creek
Flat Creek
Goose Creek
Heaths Creek
Jordan Creek
Long Branch
Muddy Creek
North Fork Finney Creek
Pass Branch
Pierre Fleche Creek
Plum Branch
Pony Creek
Rock Creek
Salt Branch (3)
Salt Fork
Salt Pond Creek
Slough Creek
Straddle Creek
Thrailkill Creek
West Cow Creek
West Fork Finney Creek
Wildcat Creek
Wolf Branch
Wood Branch

Missouri Fishing Waters
Stream Miles 136 Miles
Stream Acres 5,173 Acres
Lake Acres 4,164 Acres

Watershed Health
Safe Drinking Water Compliance Values
County includes portions of
four (4) **watersheds  
(at the 8 digit
level of the USGS Hydrologic Units)
10300101 Lower Missouri-Crooked
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-Crooked
Lower Missouri-Moreau
Lamine
Blackwater
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