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<br />I <br />I <br />I 0 <br />0 <br />N <br />I w <br />oc' <br />0 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />,. <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />l_ <br /> <br />TABLE 8 <br /> <br />WATER USE IN SPRINGFIELD AREA <br />,(m.g.d.) <br /> <br />Use <br /> <br />Surfsce Water <br /> <br />Groundwater <br /> <br />Public Water Supply <br />Rural Domestic Supply <br />Self-supplied, Industry <br /> <br />15.4 <br /> <br />1.3* <br />1.3 <br />5.4 <br /> <br />Totals <br /> <br />15.4 <br /> <br />8.0 <br /> <br />*Estimates <br /> <br />Source: Drsft Report - Geology and Resources of the Springfield, <br />Missouri Area. <br /> <br />Problem Area 2, Joplin Area, ASA 1104. The Joplin problem area <br />consists of all the territory included in Newton and Jasper Counties. <br />The Newton-Jasper County area is s rectangle slong the western border <br />of Missouri nesr the southwestern corner. It is spproximately 31 <br />miles wide esst to west, and 41 miles long north to south, and en- <br />closes 1,261 square miles. Along the south 16 miles of the western <br />border is Ottawa County, Oklahoma, with Cherokee County, Kansas, <br />forming most of the western border and Crawford County, Kansas, <br />touching the northernmost two miles of the western border. In <br />Missouri, the area is bounded on the south by McDonald County, on <br />the east by Barry, Lawrence and Dade Counties, and on the north <br />by Dade and Barton Counties. <br /> <br />The land slopes generally to the west. The highest point is <br />near the southeast corner with an elevation of about 1,360 feet <br />above mean sea level, with the lowest area along Shoal Creek bot- <br />toms in the west with elevations of about 850 feet above mean sea <br />level, a difference of about 530 feet. <br /> <br />The entire ares drains into the Lake of the Cherokees (Grand <br />Lake). Principal tributaries leaving the area are Center Creek, <br />Shoal Creek and Five-Mile Creek, draining into Spring River which <br />drains into the Neosho (Grand) River; L6st Creek, draining into <br />Sycamore Creek which drains into the Neosho (Grand) River;, and <br />Buffalo Creek and Indian Creek draining into the Elk (Cowskin) <br />River. There are numerous farm pons; the largest of which is <br />about 31 acres snd some stream channel dams in the area but no <br />major water reservoirs within the srea. <br /> <br />The southern portion of the area hss rough country with con- <br />siderable woodland of relatively low timber value. The northern <br /> <br />96 <br />