| County Map |
| Size |
330,881.23
Acres |
| County
Seat |
Caruthersville |
2000
Population
Change 1990-2000 |
20,047
-1,874 |
| Pemiscot 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 |
262,282.02 |
79.88 |
| Open Water |
35,022.71 |
10.67 |
| Deciduous
Seasonally Flooded River Front Forest |
7,231.38 |
2.2 |
| Non-Native,
Cool-Season Grasslands |
5,575.43 |
1.7 |
|
1Land
cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage. |
|
| Water
Bodies |
| Lakes |
Rivers/Creeks |
Rivers/Creeks |
|
Ditch #2, #293, #3,
Ditch #4, #6, #66, #7,
Ditch #84, #9, Half Moon,
Lateral #2, #27,
Main Ditch, |
Ditch
#8
Mississippi R.
New Franklin Ditch
Elk Chute Cr.
Old Channel Little R.
Twin Borrow Pitts
Wolf Bayou |
|
| Missouri
Fishing Waters |
| Stream
Miles |
134
Miles |
| Stream
Acres |
13,958
Acres |
| Lake
Acres |
312
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) |
08010100 Lower
Mississippi-Memphis
08020204 Little River
Ditches |
| 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 |
| Watershed
Restoration Projects |
None
listed yet |
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds |
Lower
Mississippi-Memphis
Little
River Ditches |
| Missouri Department of Conservation |
MDC Private Land
Assistance
Conservation
Assistance Contractors |
| Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey |
Manuscript and SSURGO
Data Access Page |
