744 INDEX

A Bagnell Access to USGS water data ...... 18 Lake of the Ozarks near ...... 295 Accuracy of data and computed results ...... 12 Osage River near ...... 297 Accuracy of the Records ...... 13 Ballwin Acre-foot, definition of ...... 18 Kiefer Creek near ...... 470 Adenosine triphosphate, definition of ...... 18 Bankfull stage, definition of ...... 19 Adjusted discharge, definition of ...... 18 Bardley Agee Creek near Savannah ...... 717 Eleven Point River near ...... 686 Agency Barnett Hollow near Camdenton ...... 720 Platte River near ...... 115 Base discharge, definition of ...... 19 Akers Base flow, definition of ...... 19 Current River above ...... 648 Bates Creek at Potosi ...... 721 Welch Spring near ...... 724 Battlefield Algae, Wilson Creek near ...... 585 Blue-green, definition of ...... 19 Bear Creek at Hannibal ...... 59 Fire, definition of ...... 21 near Bolivar ...... 720 Green, definition of ...... 22 near Patterson ...... 722 Algal growth potential, definition of ...... 18 Bear Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 59 Alkalinity, definition of ...... 18 Beaver Creek at Bradleyville ...... 624 Allendale Bed material, definition of ...... 19 East Fork Grand River at ...... 175 Bedload, definition of ...... 19 Alley Bedload discharge, definition of ...... 19 Alley Spring at ...... 724 Belle Alley Spring below ...... 655 Upper Peavine Creek near ...... 721 Alley Spring Bellefontaine Neighbors Jacks Fork above ...... 652 Maline Creek at ...... 388 Jacks Fork at ...... 653 Watkins Creek at ...... 382 Alley Spring at Alley ...... 724 Bennett Springs below Alley ...... 655 Niangua River below ...... 291 Alton Benthic organisms, definition of ...... 19 Louse Creek near ...... 723 Berryman Ambient water-quality network, definition of ...... 8 Courtois Creek at ...... 448 Analyses of samples collected at water-quality Bethany partial-record stations ...... 724 Big Muddy Creek near ...... 718 Annapolis East Fork Big Creek near ...... 177 Black River below ...... 640 Big Creek at Des Arc ...... 542 Black River near ...... 638 at Sam A. Baker State Park ...... 544 Annual runoff, definition of ...... 18 Big Muddy Creek near Bethany ...... 718 Annual 7-day minimum, definition of ...... 18 Big Piney Aquifer Big Piney River near ...... 313 Confined, definition of ...... 20 Big Piney River at Devils Elbow ...... 317 Unconfined, definition of ...... 28 below Ft. Leonard Wood ...... 315 Water-table, definition of ...... 29 near Big Piney ...... 313 Arkansas River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 690 Big River at Byrnesville ...... 466 Arnold at Irondale ...... 460 Martigney Creek near ...... 440 near Richwoods ...... 462 Aroclor, definition of ...... 18 Big Spring near Van Buren ...... 670 Arrangement of records ...... 13 Big Sugar Creek near Powell ...... 702 Artificial substrate, definition of ...... 19 Biochemical oxygen demand, definition of ...... 19 Ash mass, definition of ...... 19 Biomass, definition of ...... 19 Aspect, definition of ...... 19 Biomass pigment ratio, definition of ...... 19 Atlanta Black Jack Long Branch Creek at ...... 219 Coldwater Creek near ...... 374 Ava Spanish Lake Tributary near ...... 380 Little Beaver Creek near ...... 722 Black River at Poplar Bluff ...... 646 below Annapolis ...... 640 B near Annapolis ...... 638 Blackwater River near Blue Lick ...... 235 Bacteria, definition of ...... 19 Enterococcus, definition of ...... 21 Blank samples, explanation of ...... 15 Blue Lick Escherichia coli, definition of ...... 21 Blackwater River near ...... 235 Fecal coliform, definition of ...... 21 Fecal streptococcal, definition of ...... 21 Blue River at Kansas City ...... 136 at Blue Ridge Blvd. Ext. in Kansas City ...... 131 Total coliform, definition of ...... 28 at Stadium Drive in Kansas City ...... 162 INDEX 745

Blue River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 131 Carthage Blue Spring near Eminence ...... 724 Spring River at ...... 690 Blue Springs Cassville Blue Springs Reservoir near ...... 167 Roaring River Spring near ...... 564 Blue Springs Reservoir near Blue Springs ...... 167 Castor River at Zalma ...... 522 Blue-green algae, definition of ...... 19 near Fredericktown ...... 721 Boaz Caulks Creek at Chesterfield ...... 344 James River near ...... 591 Cedar Creek near Pleasant View ...... 270 Boeuf Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 721 Cedar Fork near Gerald ...... 721 Bolivar Cell volume, definition of ...... 19 Bear Creek near ...... 720 Cells/volume, definition of ...... 19 Bonhomme Creek near Clarkson Valley ...... 338 Center near Ellisville ...... 336 Mark Twain Lake near ...... 77 Bonne Femme Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 719 Salt River near ...... 79 Boonville Center Creek near Smithfield ...... 694 River at ...... 237 Centerville Bottom material, definition of ...... 19 West Fork Black River at ...... 634 Bourbeuse River above Union ...... 456 Cfs-day, definition of ...... 20 at Union ...... 458 Channel bars, definition of ...... 20 near High Gate ...... 454 Chariton River at Livonia ...... 206 Bowling Green at Novinger ...... 208 Irvine Branch near ...... 717 near Prairie Hill ...... 210 Bradleyville Chariton River Basin Beaver Creek at ...... 624 hydrologic records in ...... 206 Branson Chemical oxygen demand, definition of ...... 20 Lake Taneycomo at ...... 617 Chester, IL Table Rock Lake near ...... 609 at ...... 515 White River below Table Rock Dam near ...... 611 Chesterfield Bridgeton Caulks Creek at ...... 344 Cowmire Creek at ...... 366 Creve Coeur Creek at ...... 350 Fee Fee Creek near ...... 358 Clarkson Valley Brookline Bonhomme Creek near ...... 338 Wilson Creek near ...... 581 Classification of records ...... 13 Brush Creek at Rockhill Road in Kansas City ...... 150 Clear Creek near Harrisonville ...... 720 at Ward Parkway in Kansas City ...... 148 near Nevada ...... 720 Brushy Creek near Queen City ...... 716 Clearwater Lake near Piedmont ...... 644 Bryant Creek below Evans ...... 630 Clinton Bryant Creek near Tecumseh ...... 632 South Grand River near ...... 287 Buffalo Creek at Tiff City ...... 713 Clostridium perfringens, definition of ...... 20 Bulk electrical conductivity, definition of ...... 19 Coldwater Creek near Black Jack ...... 374 Bull Creek near Walnut Shade ...... 620 Cole Camp Butler Lake Creek near ...... 719 Miami Creek near ...... 244 Coliphages, definition of ...... 20 Byrnesville Collection and Examination of Data ...... 12 Big River at ...... 466 College of the Ozarks Lake Taneycomo at ...... 614 C Color unit, definition of ...... 20 Conductivity, definition of ...... 26 Cabool Confined aquifer, definition of ...... 20 Hamilton Creek near ...... 720 Contents, definition of ...... 20 Calendar for water year 2003 ...... Front Contents, table of ...... v Cover Continuous-record station, definition of ...... 20 California Control, definition of ...... 20 Moniteau Creek near ...... 719 Control structure, definition of ...... 20 Camdenton Cooperation ...... 1 Barnett Hollow near ...... 720 Courtois Creek at Berryman ...... 448 Camp Creek near Marshall ...... 719 Cowmire Creek at Bridgeton ...... 366 Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum 1928, definition of ...... 19 Crane Canton Dry Crane Creek near ...... 722 Wyaconda River above ...... 45 Creve Coeur Caplinger Mills Creve Coeur Creek near ...... 352 Sac River near ...... 272 Creve Coeur Creek at Chesterfield ...... 350 Carrollton near Creve Coeur ...... 352 Rock Branch near ...... 718 Crooked Creek near Paris ...... 65 Cubic foot per second, definition of ...... 20 746 INDEX

Cubic foot per second-day, definition of ...... 20 E Cubic foot per second per square mile, definition of ...... 20 Cuivre River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 85 East Fork Big Creek near Bethany ...... 177 Cuivre River near Troy ...... 85 East Fork Black River near Ironton ...... 636,722 Current River above Akers ...... 648 East Fork Grand River at Allendale ...... 175 above Powder Mill ...... 724 East Fork Little Chariton River near Huntsville ...... 225 at Doniphan ...... 674 near Macon ...... 223 at Van Buren ...... 668 Edina below Hawes Campground ...... 724 Little Fabius River near ...... 716 below Montauk State Park ...... 724 Eleven Point River near Bardley ...... 686 near Mountain View ...... 650 Elk Fork Salt River near Madison ...... 73 Elk River near Tiff City ...... 708 D Ellington Logan Creek at ...... 642 Dadeville Ellisville Sac River near ...... 257 Bonhomme Creek near ...... 336 Daily mean suspended-sediment concentration, definition of ...... 20 Embeddedness, definition of ...... 21 Daily record station, definition of ...... 20 Eminence Dardenne Creek at O’Fallon ...... 89 Blue Spring near ...... 724 at Old Town St. Peters ...... 91 Jacks Fork ab 2nd unnamed hollow below ...... 659 Dardenne Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 89 Jacks Fork ab Lick Log Hollow bl ...... 660 Data Collection and Computation ...... 9,17,18 Jacks Fork at ...... 656 Data collection platform, definition of ...... 20 Engelholm Creek near Wellston ...... 407 Data logger, definition of ...... 20 Enterococcus bacteria, definition of ...... 21 Data Presentation ...... 10,14,17 EPT Index, definition of ...... 21 Data table of daily mean values ...... 10 Escherichia coli (E. coli), definition of ...... 21 Datum, definition of ...... 20 Estimated (E) value, definition of ...... 21 Deer Creek at Ladue ...... 413 Euglenoids, definition of ...... 21 at Maplewood ...... 419 Eureka Deerfield Meramec River near ...... 468 Dry Wood Creek near ...... 248 Evans Definition of terms ...... 18 Bryant Creek below ...... 630 Des Arc Ewing Big Creek at ...... 542 Troublesome Creek near ...... 51, 716 DeSoto, KS Explanation of ground-water-level records ...... 17 Kansas River at ...... 126 Explanation of stage- and water-discharge records ...... 9 Devil’s Elbow Explanation of surface water-quality records ...... 12 Big Piney River at ...... 317 Explanation of the records ...... 8 Diagram showing system for numbering miscellaneous sites Extractable organic halides, definition of ...... 21 (latitude and longitude) ...... 9 Diatoms, definition of ...... 20 F Diel, definition of ...... 20 Discharge at partial-record stations ...... 716 Fabius River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 47 Discharge, definition of ...... 20 Factors for converting inch-pound units to Dissolved, definition of ...... 20 International System Units (SI)...... Back Dissolved oxygen, definition of ...... 21 Cover Dissolved solids concentration, definition of ...... 21 Fairdealing Diversity index, definition of ...... 21 Little Black River below ...... 679 Doniphan Fayette Current River at ...... 674 Ganaway Creek near ...... 719 Downstream order and station number ...... 8 Moniteau Creek near ...... 239 Drainage area, definition of ...... 21 Fecal coliform bacteria, definition of ...... 21 Drainage basin, definition of ...... 21 Fecal streptococcal bacteria, definition of ...... 21 Dry Crane Creek near Crane ...... 722 Fee Fee Creek near Bridgeton ...... 358 Dry Fork near Hermann ...... 721 Fenton Dry mass, definition of ...... 21 Fenton Creek near ...... 500 Dry weight, definition of ...... 21 Yarnell Creek at ...... 498 Dry Wood Creek near Deerfield ...... 248 Fenton Creek near Fenton ...... 500 Dunlap Finley Creek below Riverdale ...... 596 No Creek near ...... 187 Fire algae, definition of ...... 21 Fishing River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 717 Fishpot Creek at Valley Park ...... 482 Flat Creek at Jenkins ...... 607 Florissant Mill Creek near ...... 372 INDEX 747

Flow, definition of ...... 20 H Flow-duration percentiles, definition of ...... 22 Fox River at Wayland ...... 41 Habitat, definition of ...... 22 Fox River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 41 Habitat quality index, definition of ...... 22 Frankford Hagers Grove Spencer Creek below Plum Creek near ...... 83 North Fork Salt River at ...... 61 Fredericktown Hamilton Creek near Cabool ...... 720 Castor River near ...... 721 Hannibal Freeman Bear Creek at ...... 59 South Grand River below ...... 284 Hardness, definition of ...... 22 Ft. Leonard Wood Harris Big Piney River below ...... 315 Little Medicine Creek near ...... 193 Roubidoux Creek above ...... 307 Medicine Creek at ...... 189 Roubidoux Creek below ...... 309 Harrisonville Clear Creek near ...... 720 G Harry S. Truman Reservoir at Warsaw ...... 289 Hawes Campground Gage datum, definition of ...... 22 Current River below ...... 724 Gage height, definition of ...... 22 Hazelgreen Gage values, definition of ...... 22 Gasconade River near ...... 305 Gaging station, definition of ...... 22 Headwater Diversion Channel Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 522 Galena Henderson Mound James River at ...... 602 St. Johns Ditch near ...... 552 Gallatin Hermann Grand River near ...... 179 Dry Fork near ...... 721 Marrowbone Creek near ...... 718 Missouri River at ...... 328 Ganaway Creek near Fayette ...... 719 Hermitage Gas chromatography/flame ionization detector, definition of ...... 22 Pomme de Terre Lake near ...... 280 Gasconade River above Jerome ...... 319 Pomme de Terre River near ...... 282 at Jerome ...... 324 Higginsville near Hazelgreen ...... 305 Tabo Creek near ...... 717 near Rich Fountain ...... 326 High Gate Gasconade River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 305 Bourbeuse River near ...... 454 Geomorphic channel units, definition of ...... 22 High tide, definition of ...... 22 Gerald Hilsenhoff’s Biotic Index, definition of ...... 22 Cedar Fork near ...... 721 Holliday Glasgow Middle Fork Salt River near ...... 71 Missouri River at ...... 229 Holt Grafton New Hope Creek near ...... 717 Mississippi River at ...... 93 Horizontal datum, definition of ...... 22 Mississippi River below ...... 95 Horton Graham Little Osage River at ...... 246 Nodaway River near ...... 104 Huntsville Grand Glaize Creek near Manchester ...... 488 East Fork Little Chariton River near ...... 225 near Valley Park ...... 492 Huzzah Creek near Steelville ...... 446 Grand River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 173 Hydrographs ...... 18 Grand River near Gallatin...... 179 Hydrologic Benchmark Network ...... 7 near Sumner ...... 201 Hydrologic index stations, definition of ...... 22 Grant City Hydrologic unit, definition of ...... 22 Middle Fork Grand River near ...... 173 Graph showing source and use values and percentages for I major offstream water-use categories in Missouri during the 2000 calendar year ...... 3 Identifying estimated daily discharge ...... 12 Graphs showing comparison of 2003 water-year mean Illustrations, list of ...... vi discharge to period of reocrd median discharge ...... 6 Inch, definition of ...... 22 Graphs showing statistical interpretation of Ambient Water-Quality Indian Creek at 103rd Street in Kansas City ...... 133 Network replicate data ...... 16 near Lanagan ...... 704 Gravois Creek near Mehlville ...... 434 Instantaneous discharge, definition of ...... 22 Green algae, definition of ...... 22 International Boundary Commission Survey Datum, Greenfield definition of ...... 22 Turnback Creek above ...... 259 Introduction ...... 1 Greer Irondale Greer Spring at ...... 681 Big River at ...... 460 Greer Spring at Greer ...... 681 Ironton Ground-Water-Quality Data ...... 18 East Fork Black River near ...... 636, 722 Irvine Branch near Bowling Green ...... 717 Island, definition of ...... 22 748 INDEX

J Mark Twain Lake near Center ...... 77 Pomme de Terre Lake near Hermitage ...... 280 Jacks Fork above Alley Spring ...... 652 Smithville Reservoir near Smithville ...... 119 ab 2nd unnamed hollow bl Eminence ...... 659 Stockton Lake near Stockton ...... 266 ab L. Shawnee Creek ab Two Rivers ...... 666 Table Rock Lake near Branson ...... 609 ab Lick Log Hollow bl Eminence ...... 660 Wappapello Lake at Wappapello ...... 548 ab Powell Spring ab Two Rivers ...... 664 Lamine River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 231 above Two Rivers ...... 662 Lamine River near Otterville ...... 231 at Alley Spring ...... 653 near Pilot Grove ...... 233 at Eminence ...... 656 Lanagan bl 3rd unnamed hollow ab Two Rivers ...... 667 Indian Creek near ...... 704 Jacks Fork water-quality monitoring network, definition of...... 8 Land-surface datum, definition of ...... 22 James River at Galena ...... 602 Laredo near Boaz ...... 591 Medicine Creek at ...... 191 near Springfield ...... 573 Latent heat flux, definition of ...... 23 Jefferson City Lebanon Moreau River near ...... 242 Selvage Hollow near ...... 720 Jenkins Lick Creek at Perry ...... 75 Flat Creek at ...... 607 Light-attenuation coefficient, definition of ...... 23 Jerome Lindley Creek near Polk ...... 278 Gasconade River above ...... 319 Linneus Gasconade River at ...... 324 Locust Creek near ...... 198 Joplin Smokey Creek near ...... 718 Shoal Creek above ...... 700 Lipid, definition of ...... 23 Turkey Creek near ...... 696 List of discontinued surface-water discharge or stage-only stations ...... xiii K List of discontinued surface-water quality stations ...... xvi List of ground-water monitoring stations, by county, Kansas City Blue River at ...... 136 for which records are published in the volume ...... xii List of surface-water stations, in downstream order, Blue River at Blue Ridge Blvd. Ext. in ...... 131 for which records are published in this volume ...... vii Blue River at Stadium Drive in ...... 162 Little Beaver Creek near Ava ...... 722 Brush Creek at Rockhill Road in ...... 150 Brush Creek at Ward Parkway in ...... 148 Little Black River below Fairdealing ...... 679 Little Blue River near Lake City ...... 169 Indian Creek at 103rd Street in ...... 133 Little Chariton River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 219 Longview Reservoir at ...... 165 Missouri River at ...... 128 Little Fabius River near Edina ...... 716 Little Medicine Creek near Harris ...... 193 Kansas River at DeSoto, KS ...... 126 Little Osage River at Horton ...... 246 Kansas River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 126 Kiefer Creek near Ballwin ...... 470 Little Piney Creek at Newburg ...... 322 Little Platte River at Smithville ...... 121 Kirkwood near Plattsburg ...... 117 Sugar Creek at ...... 490 Knob Noster Little River Ditch 1 near Morehouse ...... 557 Little River Ditches near Rives ...... 559 Little Walnut Creek near ...... 719 Little Sac River near Morrisville ...... 264 L near Walnut Grove ...... 261 Little Tarkio Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 717 Laboratory measurements ...... 14, 18 Little Tarkio Creek near Tarkio ...... 717 Laboratory reporting level, definition of ...... 22 Little Walnut Creek near Knob Noster ...... 719 Ladue Livonia Deer Creek at ...... 413 Chariton River at ...... 206 Lake City Locust Creek at Reger ...... 718 Little Blue River near ...... 169 near Linneus ...... 198 Lake Creek near Cole Camp ...... 719 near Unionville ...... 196 Lake of the Ozarks near Bagnell ...... 295 Logan Creek at Ellington ...... 642 Lake Taneycomo at Branson ...... 617 Long Branch Creek at Atlanta ...... 219 at College of the Ozarks ...... 614 Long Branch near Santa Fe ...... 69 Lakes and Reservoirs Long Branch Reservoir near Macon ...... 221 Blue Springs Reservoir near Blue Springs ...... 167 Long-term method detection level, definition of ...... 23 Clearwater Lake near Piedmont ...... 644 Longview Reservoir at Kansas City ...... 165 Harry S. Truman Reservoir at Warsaw ...... 289 Louse Creek near Alton ...... 723 Lake of the Ozarks near Bagnell ...... 295 Loutre River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 721 Lake Taneycomo at Branson ...... 617 Low flow, 7-day, 10-year, definition of ...... 26 Lake Taneycomo at College of the Ozarks ...... 614 Low tide, definition of ...... 23 Long Branch Reservoir near Macon ...... 221 Lower Mississippi River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 382 Longview Reservoir at Kansas City ...... 165 INDEX 749

M Metamorphic stage, definition of ...... 23 Method detection limit, definition of ...... 23 Mackenzie Creek near Shrewsbury ...... 425 Method of Cubatures, definition of ...... 23 Macks Creek Methylene blue active substances, definition of ...... 23 Niangua River at Tunnel Dam near ...... 293 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Network, definition of...... 8 Macon Miami Creek near Butler ...... 244 East Fork Little Chariton River near ...... 223 Micrograms per gram, definition of ...... 23 Long Branch Reservoir near ...... 221 Micrograms per kilogram, definition of ...... 23 Macrophytes, definition of ...... 23 Micrograms per liter, definition of ...... 23 Madison Microsiemens per centimeter, definition of ...... 23 Elk Fork Salt River near ...... 73 Middle Fabius River near Monticello ...... 49 Maline Creek at Bellefontaine Neighbors ...... 388 Middle Fork Grand River near Grant City ...... 173 Manchester Middle Fork Salt River near Holliday ...... 71 Grand Glaize Creek near ...... 488 Milan Map showing location of crest-stage partial record stations ...... 715 Spring Creek near ...... 718 Map showing location of ground-water monitoring wells ...... 727 Mill Creek Map showing location of Metropolitan St. Louis St. Francis River near ...... 538 Sewer District stations ...... 34 Mill Creek near Florissant ...... 372 Map showing location of stations in the Bootheel ...... 40 Milligrams per liter, definition of ...... 23 Map showing location of stations in the East Ozarks ...... 39 Minimum reporting level, definition of ...... 23 Map showing location of stations in the Northeast Prairie ...... 36 Miscellaneous site, definition of ...... 24 Map showing location of stations in the Northwest Prairie ...... 35 Mississippi River at Chester, IL ...... 515 Map showing location of stations in the West Central Plains ...... 37 at Grafton ...... 93 Map showing location of stations in the West Ozarks ...... 38 at St. Louis ...... 394 Map showing location of surface-water stations ...... 32 at Thebes, IL ...... 526 Map showing location of surface-water-quality stations ...... 33 below Grafton, IL ...... 95 Map showing major drainage basin, physiographic areas, Missouri River at Boonville ...... 237 and areas of discharge during the 2003 water year ...... 5 at Glasgow ...... 229 Maplewood at Hermann ...... 328 Deer Creek at ...... 419 at Kansas City ...... 128 Maramec Spring near St. James ...... 442 at Rulo, NB ...... 100 Maries River at Westphalia ...... 303 at St. Charles ...... 364 Mark Twain Lake near Center ...... 77 at St. Joseph ...... 108 Marmaton River below Nevada ...... 250 at Waverly ...... 171 Marrowbone Creek near Gallatin ...... 718 Missouri River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 102 Marshall Moberly Camp Creek near ...... 719 Mud Creek near ...... 716 Marshfield Moniteau Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 239 North Carolina Creek near ...... 722 Moniteau Creek near California ...... 719 Martigney Creek near Arnold ...... 440 near Fayette ...... 239 Maryville Montauk One Hundred and Two River at ...... 113 Montauk Springs at ...... 724 Mattese Montauk Springs at Montauk ...... 724 Mattese Creek near ...... 509 Montauk State Park Mattese Creek near Mattese ...... 509 Current River below ...... 724 Maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations ...... 716 Monticello Mean concentration of suspended sediment, definition of ...... 23 Middle Fabius River near ...... 49 Mean discharge, definition of ...... 23 North Fabius River at ...... 47 Mean high tide, definition of ...... 23 Moreau River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 242 Mean low tide, definition of ...... 23 Moreau River near Jefferson City ...... 242 Mean sea level, definition of ...... 23 Morehouse Measuring point, definition of ...... 23 Little River Ditch 1 near ...... 557 Medicine Creek at Harris ...... 189 Morrisville at Laredo ...... 191 Little Sac River near ...... 264 Megahertz, definition of ...... 23 Most probable number, definition of ...... 24 Mehlville Mound City Gravois Creek near ...... 434 Squaw Creek near ...... 102 Membrane filter, definition of ...... 23 Mount Moriah Meramec River at Paulina Hills ...... 506 Thompson River near ...... 181 near Eureka ...... 468 Mountain View near Steelville ...... 444 Current River near ...... 650 near Sullivan ...... 450 Mud Creek near Moberly ...... 716 Meramec River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 442 Multiple-plate samplers, definition of ...... 24 Mussel Fork near Musselfork ...... 216 near Mystic ...... 214 750 INDEX

Musselfork Other data available ...... 12 Mussel Fork near ...... 216 Otterville Mystic Lamine River near ...... 231 Mussel Fork near ...... 214 P N Pagedale Nanograms per liter, definition of ...... 24 River des Peres Tributary at ...... 405 National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network 8 Palmyra National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, definition of ...... 24 North River at ...... 57 National Streamflow Information Program, definition of ...... 8 Parameter code, definition of ...... 24 National stream-quality accounting network, definition of ...... 7 Paris National water-quality assessment program, definition of ...... 8 Crooked Creek near ...... 65 Natural substrate, definition of ...... 24 Partial-record station, definition of ...... 24 Nekton, definition of ...... 24 Particle size, definition of ...... 24 Nephelometric turbidity unit, definition of ...... 24 Particle-size classification, definition of ...... 24 Nevada Patterson Clear Creek near ...... 720 Bear Creek near ...... 722 Marmaton River below ...... 250 St. Francis River near ...... 546 New Hope Creek near Holt ...... 717 Patterson Creek near Tiff City ...... 706 New London Paulina HIlls Salt River near ...... 81 Meramec River at ...... 506 Newburg Peak flow, definition of ...... 25 Little Piney Creek at ...... 322 Peak stage, definition of ...... 25 Niangua River at Tunnel Dam near Macks Creek ...... 293 Pearson Creek near Springfield ...... 566 below Bennett Springs ...... 291 Peerless Park No Creek near Dunlap ...... 187 Williams Creek near ...... 476 Nodaway River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 104 Percent composition, definition of ...... 25 Nodaway River near Graham ...... 104 Percent of total, definition of ...... 25 North American Datum of 1927, definition of ...... 24 Percent shading, definition of ...... 25 North American Datum of 1983, definition of ...... 24 Periodic-record station, definition of ...... 25 North American Vertical Datum of 1988, definition of ...... 24 Periphyton, definition of ...... 25 North Carolina Creek near Marshfield ...... 722 Perry North Fabius River at Monticello ...... 47 Lick Creek at ...... 75 North Fork River below Evans Perryville near Tecumseh ...... 626 South Fork Saline Creek near ...... 520 North Fork Salt River at Hagers Grove ...... 61 Pesticides, definition of ...... 25 North Fork Salt River near Shelbina ...... 63 pH, definition of ...... 25 North River at Palmyra ...... 57 Physiography ...... 4 North River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 57 Phytoplankton, definition of ...... 25 Novinger Picocurie, definition of ...... 25 Chariton River at ...... 208 Piedmont Walnut Creek near ...... 719 Clearwater Lake near ...... 644 Numbering system for wells and miscellaneous sites ...... 9 Pilot Grove Lamine River near ...... 233 O Pioneer Shoal Creek at ...... 698 O’Fallon Plankton, definition of ...... 25 Dardenne Creek at ...... 89 Platte River at Sharps Station ...... 123 Old Town St. Peters near Agency ...... 115 Dardenne Creek at ...... 91 Platte River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 113 One Hundred and Two River at Maryville ...... 113 Plattsburg On-site measurements and sample collection ...... 13 Little Platte River near ...... 117 Open interval, definition of ...... 24 Pleasant View Organic carbon, definition of ...... 24 Cedar Creek near ...... 270 Organic mass, definition of ...... 24 Polk Organism count, Lindley Creek near ...... 278 Area, definition of ...... 24 Pomme de Terre River near ...... 274 Total, definition of ...... 28 Polychlorinated biphenyls, definition of ...... 25 Volume, definition of ...... 24 Polychlorinated naphthalenes, definition of ...... 25 Organochlorine compounds, definition of ...... 24 Pomme de Terre Lake near Hermitage ...... 280 Osage River above Schell City ...... 252 Pomme de Terre River near Hermitage ...... 282 below St. Thomas ...... 299 near Polk ...... 274 near Bagnell ...... 297 Pool, definition of ...... 25 Osage River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 244 INDEX 751

Poplar Bluff Run, definition of ...... 26 Black River at ...... 646 Runoff, definition of ...... 26 Tenmile Creek near ...... 722 Potosi S Bates Creek at ...... 721 Sac River at Highway J below Stockton ...... 268 Powder Mill near Caplinger Mills ...... 272 Current River above ...... 724 Powell near Dadeville ...... 257 Saco Big Sugar Creek near ...... 702 St. Francis River near ...... 540 Prairie Hill Chariton River near ...... 210 Saline Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 520 Salt River Basin Preface ...... iii hydrologic records in ...... 61 Primary productivity, definition of ...... 25 Carbon method, definition of ...... 25 Salt River near Center ...... 79 near New London ...... 81 Oxygen method, definition of ...... 25 Sam A. Baker State Park Princeton Weldon River at ...... 183 Big Creek at ...... 544 Santa Fe Publications on Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations...... 29 Long Branch near ...... 69 Pulltite Spring near Round Spring ...... 724 South Fork Salt River above ...... 67 Q Savannah Agee Creek near ...... 717 Queen City Schell City Brushy Creek near ...... 716 Osage River above ...... 252 Screened interval, definition of ...... 24 R Sea level, definition of ...... 26 Sediment ...... 13 Radiochemical programs, definition of ...... 8 Sediment, definition of ...... 26 Radioisotopes, definition of ...... 25 Selvage Hollow near Lebanon ...... 720 Reach, definition of ...... 25 Sensible heat flux, definition of ...... 26 Records of surface-water quality ...... 12 Seven-day, 10-year low flow, definition of ...... 26 Recoverable from bed (bottom) material, definition of ...... 25 Sharps Station Recurrence interval, definition of ...... 26 Platte River at ...... 123 Reference samples, explanation of ...... 15 Shawnee Creek above Two Rivers ...... 665 Reger Shelbina Locust Creek at ...... 718 North Fork Salt River near ...... 63 Remark codes ...... 14 Shelves, definition of ...... 26 Replicate samples, definition of ...... 26 Shoal Creek above Joplin ...... 700 Replicate samples, explanation of ...... 15 at Pioneer ...... 698 Report documentation page ...... iv Shrewsbury Return period, definition of ...... 26 Mackenzie Creek near ...... 425 Rich Fountain Site Identification Numbers ...... 17 Gasconade River near ...... 326 Smithfield Richwoods Center Creek near ...... 694 Big River near ...... 462 Smithville Riffle, definition of ...... 26 Little Platte River at ...... 121 River des Peres at St. Louis ...... 427 Smithville Reservoir near ...... 119 near University City ...... 399 Smithville Reservoir near Smithville ...... 119 River des Peres Tributary at Pagedale ...... 405 Smokey Creek near Linneus ...... 718 River mileage, definition of ...... 26 Sodium adsorption ratio, definition of ...... 26 Riverdale Soil heat flux, definition of ...... 26 Finley Creek below ...... 596 Soil-water content, definition of ...... 26 Rives Source and use values and percentages for major Little River Ditches near ...... 559 off-stream water-use categories in Missouri during 2000...... 3 Roaring River Spring near Cassville ...... 564 South Creek near Springfield ...... 579 Rock Branch near Carrollton ...... 718 South Fabius River near Taylor ...... 53 Roubidoux Creek above Ft. Leonard Wood ...... 307 South Fork Saline Creek near Perryville ...... 520 below Ft. Leonard Wood ...... 309 South Fork Salt River above Santa Fe ...... 67 Roubidoux Spring at Waynesville ...... 311 South Grand River below Freeman ...... 284 Round Spring near Clinton ...... 287 Pulltite Spring near ...... 724 Spanish Lake Tributary near Black Jack ...... 380 Round Spring at ...... 724 Special networks and programs ...... 7 Round Spring at Round Spring ...... 724 Specific electrical conductance (conductivity), definition of ...... 26 Rulo, NB Spencer Creek below Plum Creek near Frankford ...... 83 Missouri River at ...... 100 Spike samples, explanation of ...... 15 752 INDEX

Spring Creek near Milan ...... 718 Surface area of a lake, definition of ...... 27 Spring River at Carthage ...... 690 Surface water--streamflow ...... 4 near Waco ...... 692 Surface water-quality ...... 7 Springfield Surficial bed material, definition of ...... 27 James River near ...... 573 Surrogate, definition of ...... 27 Pearson Creek near ...... 566 Suspended, definition of ...... 27 South Creek near ...... 579 Recoverable, definition of ...... 27 Wilson Creek at ...... 575 Total, definition of ...... 27 Wilson Creek near ...... 577 Suspended sediment, definition of ...... 27 Springs Suspended-sediment concentration, definition of ...... 27 Alley Spring at Alley ...... 724 Suspended-sediment discharge, definition of ...... 27 Alley Spring below Alley ...... 655 Suspended-sediment load, definition of ...... 27 Big Spring near Van Buren ...... 670 Suspended solids, total residue at 105 °C concentration, Blue Spring near Eminence ...... 724 definition of ...... 27 Greer Spring at Greer ...... 681 Swan Maramec Spring near St. James ...... 442 Swan Creek near ...... 622 Montauk Springs at Montauk ...... 724 Swan Creek near Swan ...... 622 Pulltite Spring near Round Spring ...... 724 Synoptic studies, definition of ...... 27 Roaring River Spring near Cassville ...... 564 Roubidoux Spring at Waynesville ...... 311 T Round Spring at Round Spring ...... 724 Table giving comparison of 2003 7-day low flows to 7-day, Welch Spring near Akers ...... 724 2-year low flows and minimum flows for the period of Squaw Creek near Mound City ...... 102 St. Charles record for selected stations ...... 4 Table giving comparison of peak discharge for the 2003 water Missouri River at ...... 364 year with those for period of record for selected stations ...... 4 St. Francis River at Wappapello ...... 550 near Mill Creek ...... 538 Table giving comparison of minimum and maximum daily mean suspended-sediment concentrations at selected stations for near Patterson ...... 546 the 2003 water year with those for period of record ...... 7 near Saco ...... 540 St. Francis River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 538 Table giving comparison of range of dissolved-solids concentrations in selected streams for the 2003 water year St. James with those for period of record ...... 7 Maramec Spring near ...... 442 Table giving rating classifications for continuous St. Johns Ditch near Henderson Mound ...... 552 St. Joseph water-quality records...... 13 Table Rock Lake near Branson ...... 609 Missouri River at ...... 108 Tables, list of ...... vi St. Louis Mississippi River at ...... 394 Tabo Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 717 Tabo Creek near Higginsville ...... 717 River des Peres at ...... 427 Tarkio St. Thomas Osage River below ...... 299 Little Tarkio Creek near ...... 717 Taxa (Species) richness, definition of ...... 27 Stable isotope ratio, definition of ...... 26 Taxonomy, definition of ...... 27 Stage, definition of ...... 26 Stage-discharge relation, definition of ...... 26 Taylor South Fabius River near ...... 53 Station identification numbers ...... 8 Tecumseh Station manuscript ...... 10 Statistics of monthly mean data ...... 11 Bryant Creek near ...... 632 North Fork River near ...... 626 Steelville Tenmile Creek near Poplar Bluff ...... 722 Huzzah Creek near ...... 446 Meramec River near ...... 444 Thalweg, definition of ...... 27 Thebes, IL Stockton Mississippi River at ...... 526 Sac River at Highway J below ...... 268 Stockton Lake near ...... 266 Thermograph, definition of ...... 27 Thompson River at Trenton ...... 185 Stockton Lake near Stockton ...... 266 near Mount Moriah ...... 181 Streamflow, definition of ...... 26 Substrate, definition of ...... 26 Tiff City Buffalo Creek at ...... 713 Artificial, definition of ...... 19 Elk River near ...... 708 Natural, definition of ...... 24 Substrate embeddedness class, definition of ...... 27 Patterson Creek near ...... 706 Time-weighted average, definition of ...... 27 Sugar Creek at Kirkwood ...... 490 Tons per acre-foot, definition of ...... 28 Sullivan Meramec River near ...... 450 Tons per day, definition of ...... 28 Total, definition of ...... 28 Summary of hydrologic conditions ...... 4 Total coliform bacteria, definition of ...... 28 Summary statistics ...... 11 Sumner Total discharge, definition of ...... 28 Total in bottom material, definition of ...... 28 Grand River near ...... 201 INDEX 753

Total length, definition of ...... 28 Wappapello Total load, definition of ...... 28 St. Francis River at ...... 550 Total organism count, definition of ...... 28 Wappapello Lake at ...... 548 Total recoverable, definition of ...... 28 Wappapello Lake at Wappapello ...... 548 Total sediment discharge, definition of ...... 28 Warsaw Total sediment load, definition of ...... 28 Harry S. Truman Reservoir near ...... 289 Transect, definition of ...... 28 Water Analysis ...... 12 Trenton Water Quality-Control Data ...... 14 Thompson River at ...... 185 Water table, definition of ...... 29 Troublesome Creek near Ewing ...... 51, 716 Water-table aquifer, definition of ...... 29 Troy Water temperature ...... 13 Cuivre River near ...... 85 Water year, definition of ...... 29 Turbidity, definition of ...... 28 Water-Level Tables ...... 17 Turkey Creek near Joplin ...... 696 Watershed, definition of ...... 29 Turnback Creek above Greenfield ...... 259 Watkins Creek at Bellefontaine Neighbors ...... 382 Two Rivers Waverly Jacks Fork ab L. Shawnee Cr. ab ...... 666 Missouri River at ...... 171 Jacks Fork ab Powell Spring ab ...... 664 Wayland Jacks Fork above ...... 662 Fox River at ...... 41 Jacks Fork bl 3rd unnamed hollow above ...... 667 Waynesville Shawnee Creek above ...... 665 Roubidoux Spring at ...... 311 WDR, definition of ...... 29 U Weighted average, definition of ...... 29 Welch Spring near Akers ...... 724 Ultraviolet (UV) absorbance (absorption), definition of ...... 28 Weldon River at Princeton ...... 183 Unconfined aquifer, definition of ...... 28 Wells Union Viburnum Trend Well 1 ...... 728 Bourbeuse River above ...... 456 Viburnum Trend Well 2 ...... 730 Bourbeuse River at ...... 458 Viburnum Trend Well 3 ...... 732 Unionville Viburnum Trend Well 4 ...... 734 Locust Creek near ...... 196 Viburnum Trend Well 5 ...... 736 University City Viburnum Trend Well 6 ...... 738 River des Peres near ...... 399 Viburnum Trend Well 7 ...... 740 Upper Peavine Creek near Belle ...... 721 Viburnum Trend Well 8 ...... 742 Wellston V Engelholm Creek near ...... 407 Valley Park West Fork Black River at Centerville ...... 634 Fishpot Creek at ...... 482 Westphalia Grand Glaize Creek near ...... 492 Maries River at ...... 303 Van Buren Wet mass, definition of ...... 29 Big Spring near ...... 670 Wet weight, definition of ...... 29 Current River at ...... 668 White River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 564 Vertical datum, definition of ...... 29 White River below Table Rock Dam near Branson ...... 611 Viburnum Trend Well 1 ...... 728 Williams Creek near Peerless Park ...... 476 Viburnum Trend Well 2 ...... 730 Wilson Creek at Springfield ...... 575 Viburnum Trend Well 3 ...... 732 near Battlefield ...... 585 Viburnum Trend Well 4 ...... 734 near Brookline ...... 581 Viburnum Trend Well 5 ...... 736 near Springfield ...... 577 Viburnum Trend Well 6 ...... 738 WSP, definition of ...... 29 Viburnum Trend Well 7 ...... 740 Wyaconda River above Canton ...... 45 Viburnum Trend Well 8 ...... 742 Wyaconda River Basin, hydrologic records in ...... 45 Volatile mass, definition of ...... 24 Y Volatile organic compounds, definition of ...... 29 Yarnell Creek at Fenton ...... 498 W Z Waco Spring River near ...... 692 Zalma Walnut Creek near Novinger ...... 719 Castor River at ...... 522 Walnut Grove Zooplankton, definition of ...... 29 Little Sac River near ...... 261 Walnut Shade Bull Creek near ...... 620 754 INDEX

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Multiply By To obtain Length inch (in.) 2.54x101 millimeter (mm) 2.54x10-2 meter foot (ft) 3.048x10-1 meter (m) mile (mi) 1.609x100 kilometer (km)

Area acre 4.047x103 square meter (m2) 4.047x10-1 square hectometer (hm2) 4.047x10-3 square kilometer (km2) square mile (mi2) 2.590x100 square kilometer (km2)

Volume gallon (gal) 3.785x100 liter (L) 3.785x10-3 cubic meter (m3) 3.785x100 cubic decimeter (dm3) million gallons (Mgal) 3.785x103 cubic meter (m3) 3.785x10-3 cubic hectometer (hm3) cubic foot (ft3) 2.832x10-2 cubic meter (m3) 2.832x101 cubic decimeter (dm3) cubic-foot-per-second-per-day [(ft3/s/d] 2.447x103 cubic meter (m3) 2.447x10-3 cubic hectometer (hm3) acre-foot (acre-ft) 1.223x103 cubic meter (m3) 1.223x10-3 cubic hectometer (hm3) 1.223x10-6 cubic kilometer (km3)

Flow rate cubic foot per second (ft3/s) 2.832x101 liter (L/s) 2.832x10-2 cubic meter per second (m3/s) 2.832x101 cubic decimeter per second (dm3/s) gallon per minute (gal/min) 6.309x10-2 liter per second (L/s) 6.309x10-5 cubic meter per second (m3/s) 6.309x10-2 cubic decimeter per second (dm3/s) million gallons per day (Mgal/d) 4.381x10-2 cubic meter per second 4.381x101 cubic decimeter per second (dm3/s)

Mass ton, short (2,000 lb) 9.072x10-1 megagram (Mg) or metric ton

Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C) may be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (°F) as follows: °F = (1.8 x °C) + 32 USGS—Water Resources Data, State, Water Year 2003—MO-03-1 Printed on recycled paper