| County Map |
| Size |
755,202.80
Acres |
| County
Seat |
Houston |
2000
Population
Change 1990-2000 |
23,003
1,527 |
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Fact Sheets which list agriculture, business and economics, demographics, education,
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| Agricultural and Natural Resources Contacts |
|
| 1Land
Cover Type |
Acres
|
%coverage of County
|
| Non-Native,
Cool-Season Grasslands |
297,600.95 |
39.45 |
| Deciduous Upland
Mixed Oak Forest |
291,223.34 |
38.61 |
| Mixed
Evergreen-Deciduous Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest-Area |
36,982.45 |
4.9 |
| Deciduous Upland
Post Oak Forest |
21,980.82 |
2.91 |
|
1Land
cover type - includes top four types of estimated land coverage.
|
|
| Water
Bodies |
| Lakes/Dams |
Rivers/Creeks |
Rivers/Creeks |
Author
Comp Lake
Austin Community Lake
Bear Claw Spring
Jack Tarr Lake
Mineral Spring Lake
Potters Lake
Roby Lake
Shurlock Holmes Lake
Yoga Spring |
Arthur Creek
Anderson Creek
Barn Hollow
Trib. to Barn Hollow
Bear Creek
Trib. to Beaver Creek
Bee Rock Hollow
Beeler Branch
Trib to Beeler Branch
Bender Creek
Trib. to Big Creek
Big Paddy Creek
Big Piney R.
Boone Creek
Brushy Creek
Burton Branch
Burkhart Branch
Camp Branch
Ashley Creek
Barn Hollow Creek |
Bone
Creek
Catheart Hollow
Clear Creek
Coon Creek
Dew Pond
Dirt House Hollow
Doolittle Branch
Dry Bone Creek
Elk R.
Emery Hollow
Flinger Creek
Grassy Hollow
Hamilton Creek
Hazeton Springs
Hog R.
Huldy Hollow
Indian Creek
Johnson Creek
Mahan Creek
Mooney Creek
Opossum Creek |
Paddy
Creek
Panther R.
Peters Creek
Pine Creek
Pond Spring
Prairie Creek
Roaring R.
E.Fk. Roubidoux Creek
Sandy Creek
Schoolhouse Hollow
Slabtown Creek
Stream Mill Creek
Wolf Creek
Wyrick Creek |
|
| Missouri
Fishing Waters |
| Stream
Miles |
224
Miles |
| Stream
Acres |
853
Acres |
| Lake
Acres |
1,615
Acres |
|
| Watershed
Health |
| Safe
Drinking Water Compliance Values |
County includes
portions of
six (6) **watersheds (at the 8 digit
level of the USGS Hydrologic Units) |
07140102 Meramec
10290201 Upper Gasconade
10290202 Big Piney
10290203 Lower Gasconade
11010006 North Fork White
11010008 Current |
| Primary
Drinking Source |
List of Drinking Water Systems |
|
Impaired waters
[303(d) Waters requiring development of TMDLs to restore water quality |
None listed on the Final 1998 303(d) List for Missouri |
| Watershed
Restoration Projects |
None
listed yet |
Citizen Groups working in these
watersheds |
Meramec
Upper
Gasconade
Big
Piney
Lower
Gasconade
North
Fork White
Current |
| Missouri Department of Conservation |
MDC Private Land
Assistance
Conservation
Assistance Contractors |
| Soils: Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey |
Manuscript and SSURGO
Data Access Page |
