Moniteau County
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County Map
Size 266,880.98 Acres
County Seat California
2000 Population
Change 1990-2000
14,827
2,529
Moniteau 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 151,737.19 56.65
Row and Close Grown Crops 37,676.10 14.07
Deciduous Upland Mixed Oak Forest 31,063.64 11.6
Deciduous Upland Mixed Hardwood Forest 12,127.84 4.53
1Land cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.

Water Bodies
Lakes Rivers/Creeks Rivers/Creeks
Manito Lake
Prairie Home Lake
Proctor Park Lake
Bear Branch
Blythes Creek
Brush Creek
Burris Fork
Trib. to Burris Fork
E. Brush Creek
Clifty Creek
Dry Fork Creek
Fabius Creek
Factory Creek
Haldiman Creek
Howard Creek
Kelley Creek
Lick Creek
Marney Creek
Moreau Creek
Medlin Creek
Mineral Creek
Missouri River
Moniteau River
New #7 Chute
Petite Creek
Pilot Creek
Rock Enon Creek
Rocky R.
Scott Creek
Smith Creek
Splice Creek
Straight Fork Creek
String Branch
Turtle Spring Creek
Willow Creek

Missouri Fishing Waters
Stream Miles 147 Miles
Stream Acres 1,476 Acres
Lake Acres 1,305 Acres

Watershed Health
Safe Drinking Water Compliance Values
County includes portions of
two (2) **watersheds
  (at the 8 digit
level of the USGS Hydrologic Units)
10300102 Lower Missouri-Moreau
10300103 Lamine
Primary Drinking Source List of  Drinking Water Systems
Impaired waters [303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality Brush Creek; Pollutant - Nutrients; Source - California N. WWTP; Priority - Low

North Moreau Creek; Pollutant - Susp Algae; Source - California S. WWTP; Priority - Low

Watershed Plans to Repair Impaired Waters North Moreau Creek
Watershed Restoration Projects None listed yet
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds
Lower Missouri-Moreau
Lamine
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