Geology
Table 1. Soil characteristics of the generalized soil associations (SCS 1979) related to hydrology, water management, erosion and runoff within the Bourbeuse River watershed (SCS Gasconade Co. Soil Survey 1994, SCS Franklin Co. Soil Survey 1989).
Table 2. Drainage area of hydrologic units, Bourbeuse River watershed, Missouri (Watersheds in Missouri, USDA, SCS, 1990). The hydrologic unit code - 07140103 - is the prefix to the 11-digit and 14-digit watershed (USDA, SCS) code.
Land Use
Table 3. Bourbeuse River watershed land use within each of the 11-digit hydrologic units. Data from 30-meter resolution TM Satellite imagery. Source: MORAP 1999).
Table 4. Population trends in counties within the Bourbeuse River watershed (OSEDA 1999)
Table 5. Sand and gravel permitted sites in the Bourbeuse River watershed (from the East Central Region Stream Environmental Review Database). Permit issue date and expiration date are given.
Table 6. Estimates of days fished per total watershed area in acres on the Bourbeuse River and selected rivers in Missouri (Weithman 1991).
Hydrology
Table 7. Permanence of stream flow (fishable waters) in third-order and larger streams in the Bourbeuse River watershed (Funk 1968).
Table 8. Estimated magnitude and frequency of annual low flow within period of record listed except where footnoted (MDNR 1996, USGS 1997, Skelton 1970).
Water Quality and Use
Table 9. Location and discharge of springs into the Bourbeuse River watershed. Rate of flow represents records for dates ranging from 1924-72 (Vineyard and Feder 1982).
Table 10. Selected water quality data for the Bourbeuse River watershed at Lat 38E25'55", Long 91E01'11, Union, Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit #07140103, Gage station #07016400 for water years 1964, 1973, 1984, 1996 (USGS 1963-96; MDNR WQ Code of Regulations 10 CSR 20.7).
Table 11. Summary of pollution investigations on streams of the Bourbeuse River watershed (USGS #07140103) sorted by year within county from 1977 to 1995 (Missouri Department of Conservation Environmental Services and East Central Region files).
Table 12. Mean heavy metal concentrations (mg/kg) in the soft tissue of freshwater mussels and edible fish tissue in the Bourbeuse River watershed collected by MDC, 1980-83.
Table 13. Major sewage and water treatment plants (flow > 0.100 MGD) in the Bourbeuse River watershed (MDNR 1996).
Table 14. Location of permitted animal waste facilities within the Bourbeuse River wateshed as of October 1, 1999 (MDNR 1999). All classified operations are included.
Habitat Conditions
Table 15. Sensitive animal species known from the Bourbeuse River watershed (printout of the Missouri Natural Heritage Database 1999).
Table 16. Description of stream improvement projects in the Bourbeuse River watershed, Missouri (Misssouri Department of Conservation, unpublished data).
Table 17. Gravel bar vegetation observed on habitat sample sites located in the Bourbeuse River watershed (07140103-) Missouri, 1997. Values represent stream bar numbers within defined categories.
Table 18. List of habitat features and definitions used in the Bourbeuse River watershed habitat assessment based on McCain et al. 1990.
Table 19. Human activities at or near the sample site and the presence or absence of aquatic vegetation. Activity values are codes defined on the last page.
Biotic Community
Table 20. Fish species collected within the Bourbeuse River watershed. Represented are both Fisheries Research Section (Pflieger) and Fisheries Management Section with corresponding collection year. Recent collections -- 1993-96. Historic collections --1941-92. Bold species names are those not recently collected (in 30-50 years)
Table 21. Numbers and relative abundance of living naiades found in the Bourbeuse River (USGS Code #07140102) and some of its major tributaries (Buchanan 1980).
Table 22. Living and dead mussel species collected from 1994-97 within streams of the Bourbeuse River watershed (Missouri Department of Conservation Fisheries Research Collection 1997; Roberts and Bruenderman 1997).
Table 23. Location of crayfish species within the Bourbeuse River watershed and the site percentage composition (Missouri Department of Conservation 1995a).
Table 24. Crayfish species diversity (Shannon) and richness (Margalef) within subwatersheds of the Bourbeuse River watershed (Missouri Department of Conservation 1995a).
Table 25. Benthic Macroinvertebrate Collections for the Bourbeuse River from 1962-1963 (printout from the Fisheries Research Benthic Collection).
Table 26. Angler total hours fished and average catch rates of the Bourbeuse River and other streams in the area.(Fleener 1988).
Table 27. Bourbeuse River 1994 Smallmouth Bass population parameters (percent).
Table 28. Bourbeuse River 1995 Smallmouth Bass population parameters (percent).
Table 29. Bourbeuse River 1996 Smallmouth Bass population parameters (percent).
Table 30. A summary comparison of the Bourbeuse River smallmouth bass parameters with Courtois Creek and selected Smallmouth Bass Management Areas.
