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Sand dunes, blows, and sandy swales can be encountered at Sand Prairie Conservation Area. This 200-acre (0.81 km 2) area is being restored to native grassland, an imperiled natural community of Southeast Missouri's lowlands. 197 80: Scott
Administrative regions used by the Conservation Department as of 2010. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) administers hundreds of parcels of land in all counties of the state.
English: This is a map showing subdistricts of the Southeast Missouri Lead District and the locations of mines opened since 1953, some now closed, all on the west side of the district. The Indian Creek Mine opened in 1953 following exploration for new deposits to replace those being depleted in the Old Lead Belt, and development of the Viburnum ...
The Southeast Missouri Lead District, commonly called the Lead Belt, is a lead mining district in the southeastern part of Missouri. Counties in the Lead Belt include Saint Francois, Crawford, Dent, Iron, Madison, Reynolds, and Washington. This mining district is the most important and critical lead producer in the United States. [1] [2]
According to Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, and most of the descendants of the early settlers, 1735 is the most generally accepted date. Dr. Carl J. Ekberg, in his book, Colonial Ste. Genevieve, suggests that Ste. Genevieve was founded closer to 1750, based on interpretations of early letters, maps, and Catholic Church documents. Ste.
A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium in 1999 for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet. [1] These images are typically produced by a map server from data provided by a GIS database.
St. Francois County (/ ˈ f r æ n s ɪ s / FRAN-siss) is a county in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri.At the 2020 census, the population was 66,922. [1] The largest city and county seat is Farmington. [2]
The Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS), is a GIS software technology. Development of MOSS began in late 1977 and was first deployed for use in 1979. MOSS represents a very early public domain, open source GIS development - predating the better known GRASS by 5 years.