| County Map |
| Size |
485,122
Acres |
| County
Seat |
Keytesville |
2000
Population
Change 1990-2000 |
8,438
-764 |
| Chariton 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 |
256,038 |
52.12 |
| Non-Native,
Cool-Season Grasslands |
149,514 |
30.43 |
| Deciduous Upland
Mixed Oak Forest |
34,412.68 |
7.0 |
| Open Water |
11,143 |
2.27 |
|
1Land
cover type - includes top four
types of estimated land coverage. |
|
| Water
Bodies |
| Lakes |
Rivers/Creeks
|
Rivers/Creeks |
Cut-off
Lake
Marceline City Lake (New)
Nehai Tonkayea Lake (Pine Ridge) Salisbury City Lake
Silver Lake
Silver Lake Levee 3
South Pool
South Pool Levee #
Sterling Price Community Lake
Swan Lake Levee 5 |
Barbers Creek
Batts Creek
Bee Branch
Brush Creek Chariton River
Locust Creek
Missouri River
E.Fk. Bee Creek
Bull Creek
Chariton River
Clark Creek
Cottonwood Creek
Elk Creek
Grand River
Hickory Creek
|
Johnson
Hollow
Mussel Fork
Lake Creek
Locust Creek
Long Creek
Missouri River
Mundas Creek
Painter Creek
Puzzle Creek
Salt Creek
Turkey Creek
E.Yellow Creek |
|
| Missouri
Fishing Waters |
| Stream
Miles |
163
Miles |
| Stream
Acres |
4,771
Acres |
| Lake
Acres |
7,694
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) |
10280103 Lower
Grand
10280202 Lower Chariton
10280203 Little Chariton
10300101 Lower
Missouri-Crooked |
| Primary Drinking Source |
List of Drinking Water Systems |
|
Impaired waters [303(d)
Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality |
Chariton
River; Pollutant - Fecal coliform; Source - Unspecified; Priority - Low Locust Creek; Pollutant - sediment; Source - Ag
nonpoint source; Priority - Low
Missouri River; Pollutant - Habitat loss;
Source - Channelization; Priority - Medium |
| Watershed
Restoration Projects |
None
listed yet |
Citizen
Groups working in these
watersheds |
Lower
Grand
Lower
Missouri-Crooked |
| Missouri Department of Conservation |
MDC Private Land
Assistance
Conservation
Assistance Contractors |
| Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey |
Manuscript and SSURGO
Data Access Page |
