Blackwater River
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of the North and South Forks of the Blackwater River, Johnson County, Missouri
 • coordinates38°48′23″N 93°50′46″W / 38.8063889°N 93.8461111°W / 38.8063889; -93.8461111 (Blackwater River origin)
 • elevation700 ft (210 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with the Lamine River in Cooper County, Missouri
 • coordinates
38°56′21″N 92°56′50″W / 38.9391667°N 92.9472222°W / 38.9391667; -92.9472222 (Blackwater River mouth)
 • elevation
577 ft (176 m)[1]
Length79 mi (127 km)
Discharge 
 • locationBlue Lick, Missouri
 • average824 cu/ft. per sec.[2]
Basin features
ProgressionBlackwater River → Lamine → Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
GNIS ID729709 [1]

The Blackwater River is a 79.3-mile-long (127.6 km)[3] tributary of the Lamine River in west-central Missouri in the United States.[1] Via the Lamine and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Blackwater River was named from the character of its banks and water.[4]

Course

The Blackwater River is formed by the confluence of the North Fork Blackwater River and the South Fork Blackwater River in Johnson County approximately 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Warrensburg. The river flows generally east-northeastwardly through Johnson, Pettis, Saline and Cooper counties, past the towns of Sweet Springs and Blackwater. It flows into the Lamine River in northwestern Cooper County, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Blackwater.[5]

The North Fork of the Blackwater starts at 38°55′01″N 94°03′27″W / 38.91694°N 94.05750°W / 38.91694; -94.05750[6] and the South fork starts at 38°54′55″N 94°03′40″W / 38.91528°N 94.06111°W / 38.91528; -94.06111[7] (about 1000 feet apart) both an elevation of approximately 1050 feet. The North Fork source is in the southwestern corner of Lafayette County near the small village of Chapel Hill and the South fork source is just to the southwest across the county line in the northwest corner of Johnson County.[8]

Several sections of the river's upper course have been straightened and channelized.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blackwater River (Missouri)
  2. ↑ "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 31, 2011
  4. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 280.
  5. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 35-6 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blackwater River (Missouri)
  7. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blackwater River (Missouri)
  8. ↑ Chapel Hill, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS 1963
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