Grundy County
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County Map
Size 279,681.03 Acres
County Seat Trenton
2000 Population
Change 1990-2000
10,432
-104
Grundy 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 116,993.15 41.77
Row and Close Grown Crops 101,707.52 36.31
Deciduous Upland Mixed Oak Forest 14,540.16 5.19
Grassland - General 13,544.50 4.84
1Land cover type - includes top four  types of estimated land coverage.

Water Bodies
Lakes Rivers/Creeks Rivers/Creeks
Crowder State Park Lake
Leisure Lake
Trenton Lower and Uppler Lake
Big No Creek
E. Fk. Honey Creek
Hickory Creek
E. Fk. Medicine Creek
L. Medicine Creek
Middle Creek
Muddy Creek
Nod Creek
Racoon Branch
Sugar Creek
Thompson Creek
Weldon Creek

Missouri Fishing Waters
Stream Miles 117
Stream Acres 251
Lake Acres 1,971

Watershed Health
Safe Drinking Water Compliance Values
County includes portions of three (3) **watersheds (at the 8 digit level of the USGS Hydrologic Units) 10280101 Upper Grand
10280102 Thompson
10280103 Lower Grand
Primary Drinking Source List of Drinking Water Systems
Impaired waters [303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality E. Fk. Medicine Creek; Pollutant - Sediment+; Source - Ag nonpoint source; Priority - High

L. Medicine Creek; Pollutant - Sediment+; Source - Ag nonpoint source; Priority - High

Watershed Restoration Projects None listed yet
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds
Upper Grand
Thompson
Lower Grand
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