Taney County
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County Map
Size 389,121.44 Acres
County Seat Forsyth
2000 Population
Change 1990-2000
39,703
14,142
Taney 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 133,234.85 31.98
Deciduous Upland Mixed Oak Forest 114,818.35 27.56
Mixed Evergreen-Deciduous Red Cedar Hardwood Forest 68,639.44 16.48
Deciduous Upland Mixed Hardwood Forest 39,484.61 9.48
1Land cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.

Water Bodies
Lakes/Dams Rivers/Creeks Rivers/Creeks
Cooper Lake
Silver Lake
Taneycomo Lake
Bear Creek
Beaver Creek
Trib. to Beaver Creek
Bee Creek
Big Creek
Big Hollow
Bright Hollow
Bull Creek
Brushy Creek
Beaver Branch
Big Creek
Cedar Creek
Clayton Hollow
Coon Creek
Emery Creek
Fall Branch
Fox Creek
Max Creek
Roark River
Roubidoux River
Shoal Creek
Short Creek
Shuld Branch
Swan Creek
Turkey River

Missouri Fishing Waters
Stream Miles 141 Miles
Stream Acres 494 Acres
Lake Acres 11,853 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)
11010001 Beaver Reservoir
11010003 Bull Shoals Lake
Primary Drinking Source List of Drinking Water Systems
Impaired waters [303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality Lake Taneycomo; Pollutant - Low D.O.; Source - Table Rock Dam; Priority - Medium
Water Pollution Control's (Regional) Basin Plans White River Basin
Watershed Restoration Projects None listed yet
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds
Beaver Reservoir
Bull Shoals Lake
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