| County Map |
| Size |
590,082.18
Acres |
| County
Seat |
Union |
2000
Population
Change 1990-2000 |
93,807
13,204 |
| Franklin 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 |
| Deciduous Upland
Mixed Oak Forest |
197,082.13
|
33.13 |
| Non-Native,
Cool-Season Grasslands |
190,333.57
|
32.0 |
| Row and Close Grown
Crops |
67,579.95
|
11.36 |
| Deciduous Upland
Post Oak Forest |
27,239.79
|
4.58 |
|
1Land
cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage. |
|
| Water
Bodies |
| Lakes |
Rivers/Creeks |
Rivers/Creeks |
Arrowhead
Lake
Aggrevation Lake
Camp Solidarity Lake
Cool Valley Lake
Crescent Lake
Fawn Lake
Foxboro Lake
Gerald City Lake
Hermit Hollow Lake
Lions Lake
Melody Lake
Mineral Lake
Port Hudson Lake
Serene Lake
St. Clair # 1 Lake
Thunderbird Lake
Torino Lake
Union City Lake
Unionville Lake
Whispering Valley Lakes
White Area Lake |
Bachelor Creek
Barren Fork
Big Berger Creek
Trib. to Big Berger Creek
Big Branch
Trib. to Big Branch
Big Creek
Brush Creek
Birch Creek
Big Tarven Creek
Bouef Creek
Trib. to Bouef Creek
Boone Creek
Bourbeuse River
Browns Branch
Trib. to Browns Branch
Buck Lick Creek
Trib. to Buck Lick Creek
Busch Creek
Trib to Busch Creek
Calvey Creek
Carlifornia Branch |
Berger
Creek
Cedar Creek
Dubois Creek
Dunn Spring Creek
Fenton Creek
Fiddle Creek
Flat Creek
Fork Creek
Girard Branch
Hermitt Hollow
Houston Creek
Indian Creek
Meramec River
Labedie Creek
Little Creek
May Creek
Martin Creek
Middle Fork Creek
Missouri River
Pierce Creek
Pin Oak Creek
Red Oak Creek
Rye Creek
Slaughter Tavern Creek
Three Mile Creek
Whispering Valley Creek |
|
| Missouri
Fishing Waters |
| Stream
Miles |
381
Miles |
| Stream
Acres |
4,794
Acres |
| Lake
Acres |
2,906
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) |
07140102 Meramec
07140103 Bourbeuse
07140104 Big
10300200 Lower Missouri |
| 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 Final 1998 303(d) List for Missouri |
| Watershed
Restoration Projects |
None
listed yet |
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds |
Meramec
Bourbeuse
Big
Lower
Missouri |
| Missouri Department of Conservation |
MDC Private Land
Assistance
Conservation
Assistance Contractors |
| Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey |
Manuscript and SSURGO
Data Access Page |
