| County Map |
| Size |
387,841.44
Acres |
| County
Seat |
Linn |
2000
Population
Change 1990-2000 |
13,062
1,044 |
| Osage 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 |
140,252.96 |
35.74 |
| Deciduous Upland
Mixed Oak Forest |
126,764.28 |
32.31 |
| Row and Close Grown
Crops |
30,487.86 |
7.77 |
| Deciduous Upland
Mixed Hardwood Forest |
20,837.71 |
5.31 |
|
1Land
cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.
|
|
| Water
Bodies |
| Lakes |
Rivers/Creeks |
Rivers/Creeks |
Ben
Branch Lake
Contrary Lake
Painter Rock Lake
|
Bailey's Creek
Basin Fk.
Trib. to Bailey's Creek
Bear Creek
Ben Branch
Brush Creek
Trib. to Brush Creek
Buchler Creek
Buck Elk Branch
Buck Elk Creek
Cedar Creek
Cadet Creek
Crider Creek
Darrow Creek
Deer Creek
Dooling Branch
Gasconade River
Lake Ditch
Graveyard Creek
Greasy Creek |
Housgen
Creek
Indian Creek
Maries Creek
Profits Branch
Third Creek
Linn Creek
Loose Creek
Luzan Branch
Luystown Creek
Mistaken Creek
Osage River
Owens Creek
Petite Saline River
Pointers Creek
School Hollow
Shawnee Creek
Steuber Hollow
Swan Creek
Troesser Creek |
|
| Missouri
Fishing Waters |
| Stream
Miles |
244
Miles |
| Stream
Acres |
3,156
Acres |
| Lake
Acres |
1,031
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) |
07140103 Bourbeuse
10290111 Lower Osage
10290203 Lower Gasconade
10300102 Lower
Missouri-Moreau |
| 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 1998 Final 303(d) List for Missouri |
| Watershed
Restoration Projects |
None
listed yet |
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds |
Bourbeuse
Lower
Osage
Lower
Gasconade
Lower
Missouri-Moreau |
| Missouri Department of Conservation |
MDC Private Land
Assistance
Conservation
Assistance Contractors |
| Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey |
Manuscript and SSURGO
Data Access Page |
