Table 1. Soil characteristics of the generalized soil associations (SCS 1979) related to hydrology, water management, erosion and runoff within the Meramec River basin (SCS Franklin Co. Soil Survey 1989, Dent Co. Soil Survey 1971, Iron Co. Soil Survey 1991, St. Louis Co. Soil Survey 1982)
Table 2. Wetland types identified by the Missouri Department of Conservation's Natural Features Inventory (MDC, 1995 printout of the Natural Heritage Database) within the Meramec River basinches
Table 3. Drainage area of major watersheds, Meramec River basin, Missouri (MDC Fisheries Research 1996). The hydrologic unit code - 07140102 - is the prefix to the watershed (USDA) code.
Table 4. 1992 broad land-use estimates for the Meramec River basin. Based on 8-digit hydrologic units (1992 National Resources Inventory, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service).
Table 5. Estimates of angler effort (days fished) on rivers and streams in the MDC East Central Region, Missouri (Weithman 1991).
Table 6. Available information on Missouri public land acreage and miles of stream frontage upon public lands within the Meramec River basin (MDC, Planning 1996). County and city public land not included.
Table 7. Permanence of stream flow (fishable waters) in third-order and larger streams in the Meramec River basin (Funk 1968). Note: Dry reaches are not reflected in the estimates of total stream length.
Table 8. Estimated magnitude and frequency of annual low flow within period of record listed except where footnoted (MDNR 1995a, USGS 1995, Skelton 1970).
Table 9. Base-flow (cfs) recession characteristics. The average rate of decrease of runoff of the stream during periods of no precipitation. Recession data from the period of May through October (Skelton, 1970).
Table 10. Flood frequency data from stream gaging stations in the Meramec River basin (Hauth 1974).
Table 11. Selected water quality data for the Meramec River basin at Lat. 38 27'46", Long 90 24'53", Paulina Hills, Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit #07140102, Gage station #07019280 for water years 1964, 1973, 1983, 1994 (USGS 1995; MDNR 1994, Code of Regulations 10 CSR 20.7).
Table 12. Major sewage ( <0.19 million/gallon/day) and water treatment plants in the Meramec River basin (Table 1-49, 1-52, MDNR 1995a).
Table 13. Crawford, Washington, and Iron counties mines with tailings ponds that are monitored as non-point sources in the Meramec River basin (Table 49-1, MDNR 1995a).
Table 14. Major sites in St. Louis and Jefferson counties with dioxin-contaminated soils in the Meramec River basin (Table 52-1, unpublished MDNR 1995a).
Table 15. Sensitive animal species known from the Meramec River basin (printout of Missouri Department of Conservation's Missouri Natural Heritage Database, 1995a).
Table 16. Occurrence of stream corridor lengths where fully timbered corridors are at least 100 feet wide within SHAD sample sites located in the Meramec River basin, Missouri from 1991-96. Calculated values were based on two corridors per sample site.
Table 17. Predominant instream cover of SHAD sample sites located in the Meramec River basin, Missouri 1991-96. Values represent percentage of predominant cover types for riffles and pools within each sample site. Some areas had no description for riffle or pool.
Table 18. Fish species collected within the Meramec River basin. Represented are both Fisheries Research Section (Pflieger) and Fisheries Management Section with corresponding collection year.
Table 19. Numbers and relative abundance of living naiades found in the Meramec River (USGS Code #07140102) and some of its major tributaries. (Buchanan 1980)
Table 20. Location of crayfish species within the Meramec River basin and the percent composition upon the date of collection (Missouri Department of Conservation, Pflieger Collection).
Table 21. Crayfish species diversity (Shannon) and richness (Margalef) within watersheds of the Meramec River basin (Missouri Department of Conservation Pflieger Collection).
Table 22. List of aquatic invertebrates within the Meramec River basin (MDC Fisheries Research printout 1995).
Table 23. Fish, crayfish, and mussels species collected in the Meramec River basin that inhabitat wetlands for part of their life cycle.
Table 24. A "fish-for-fun" regulation on a 6.2 miles section of Courtois Creek.
