| County Map |
| Size |
262,400.97
Acres |
| County
Seat |
Charleston |
2000
Population
Change 1990-2000 |
13,427
-1,015 |
| Mississippi 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 |
224,436.23 |
81.6 |
| Open Water |
23,301.18 |
8.47 |
| Deciduous
Seasonally Flooded Mixed Bottomland Hardwood Forest |
9,011.43 |
3.28 |
| Non-Native,
Cool-Season Grasslands |
5,078.83 |
1.85 |
|
1Land
cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage. |
|
| Water
Bodies |
| Lakes |
Rivers/Creeks |
Big
Lake Bayou
Trib. to Big Lake Bayou
Brewer Lake
Big Oak Tree S.P. Lake
Corner Blue Hole Lake
Fish Lake
James Bryan Lake
N. 3 Island Chute
Ten Mile Pond
Upper Big Lake |
Brewer Lake Ditch
Bind blue Hole Creeks
LeeRowe CreeksOld #7
St. James Bayou
St. John Creeks
Stevenson Bayou
Wilkerson Creeks
Wolf Creeks |
|
| Missouri
Fishing Waters |
| Stream
Miles |
135
Miles |
| Stream
Acres |
23,524
Acres |
| Lake
Acres |
662
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) |
05140206 Lower Ohio
07140105 Upper
Mississippi-Cape Girardeau
08010100 Lower
Mississippi-Memphis
08020201 New Madrid-St.
Johns |
| Primary
Drinking Source |
List of Drinking Water Systems |
|
Impaired waters
[303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality |
Mississippi River; Pollutant - Habitat loss; Source - Channelization; Priority -
Medium Mississippi River; Pollutant -
Habitat loss; Source - Channelization; Priority - Medium
Spillway Ditch; Pollutant - Sediment; Source
- Ag. nonpoint source; Priority - Medium |
| Watershed
Restoration Projects |
None
listed yet |
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds |
Lower
Ohio
Upper
Mississippi-Cape Girardeau
Lower
Mississippi-Memphis
New
Madrid-St. Johns |
| Missouri Department of Conservation |
MDC Private Land
Assistance
Conservation
Assistance Contractors |
| Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey |
Manuscript and SSURGO
Data Access Page |
