| County Map |
| Size |
269,441
Acres |
| County
Seat |
Platte
City |
2000
Population
Change 1990-2000 |
73,781
15,914 |
| Platte 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 |
108,433.63 |
39.67 |
| Non-Native,
Cool-Season Grasslands |
84,884.92 |
31.05 |
| Deciduous Upland
Mixed Hardwood Forest |
31,286.03 |
11.44 |
| Deciduous Upland
Mixed Oak Forest |
13,223.36 |
4.84 |
|
1Land
cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage. |
|
| Water
Bodies |
| Lakes |
Rivers/Creeks |
Rivers/Creeks |
Bean
Lake
Houston Lake
Lake Tobacco Hills |
Bear Creek
Bee Creek
Trib. to Bee Creek
Brush Creek
Bean Fork
Dicks Creek
Grove Creek
Holland Creek
Houston Fork
Jordan Creek
Jowler Creek
Platte River
Line Creek |
Lake
Tobacco Hills
Mission Creek
Naylor Creek
Owl Creek
Platte River
Prairie Creek
Riss Fork
Rush Creek
Sugar Creek
Todd Creek
Waukonis Fork
Wetherby Fork
Wellson Slough |
|
| Missouri
Fishing Waters |
| Stream
Miles |
129
Miles |
| Stream
Acres |
6,870
Acres |
| Lake
Acres |
2,814
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) |
10240011
Independence-Sugar
10240012 Platte |
| Primary
Drinking Source |
List of Drinking Water Systems |
|
Impaired waters
[303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality |
Rush Creek; Pollutant - BOD, NFR; Source - Platte Co. Sewer District #7 WWTP;
Priority - Low |
| Watershed
Plans to Repair Impaired Waters |
Rush Creek |
| Watershed
Restoration Projects |
None
listed yet |
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds |
Independence-Sugar
Platte |
| Missouri Department of Conservation |
MDC Private Land
Assistance
Conservation
Assistance Contractors |
| Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey |
Manuscript and SSURGO
Data Access Page |
