Location

Figure 1. Gasconade River watershed base map.

Geomorphology

Figure 2. Gasconade River watershed soils map.

Figure 3. Gradient of selected tributaries to Gasconade River.

Land Use

Figure 4. 100-year county population change in the Gasconade River watershed.

Figure 5. Gasconade population and road density analysis.

Figure 6. Number of cattle per pastured acre-Gasconade River counties.

Figure 7. Density of sand and gravel site permits in the Gasconade River watershed.

Figure 8a. Upper Gasconade River Land use / Land cover.

Figure 8b. Lower Gasconade River Land use / Land cover.

Figure 9. Gasconade River public lands map.

Hydrology

Figure 10. Gasconade River springs and USGS gage stations.

Figure 11. Average annual discharge at the Jerome gage station of the Gasconade River for the period of record 1923-98.

Figure 12. Winter season and growing season (April-November) precipitation linear regression lines and 3-year winter season and growing season moving average.

Figure 13. Monthly mean precipitation and runoff versus years from 1960-70. Bar chart of winter and growing season is shown.

Figure 14. Monthly mean runoff versus years from 1960-97 measured at the Jerome gage station of the Gasconade River watershed.

Figure 15. Gasconade River low flow duration plot for the years 1905-98.

Figure 16. Coldwater and losing stream segments within the Upper Gasconade River watershed.

Figure 17. Coldwater and losing stream segments within the Lower Gasconade River watershed.

Habitat

Figure 18. Percent forested corridor within 90-meter buffer of major stream segments of the Lower Gasconade River watershed.

Figure 19. Corridor quality of major stream segments within 90-meter buffer of the Lower Gasconade River watershed.

Figure 20. Percent forested corridor within 90-meter buffer of major stream segments of the Upper Gasconade River watershed.

Figure 21. Corridor quality of major stream segments within 90-meter buffer of the Upper Gasconade River watershed.

Biotic

Figure 22. Gasconade River watershed fish community sampled sites.

Figure 23. Gasconade River Channel Catfish 1999 Sample from Jerome Access to Highway 42.

Figure 24. Mill Creek Gabel Tract Rainbow Trout of the Gasconade River watershed. September 30, 1995. Sample size = 149.

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