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<br />
<br />The \llssouri Basin Slates han' more than 450 billion
<br />tons of recoverable ..:oJl resen.es, or about 55 pt'rcenl of
<br />Ihe ~JtJon's to[al. The Slates of ~orlh Dakuta. \Ionlana.
<br />and Wyoming possess Ihe bulk of Ihe rescr\'e~. with at
<br />least 350 billion tons of [!;'o;m'erable coal and ligllltc.
<br />Howcv'cr. with Ihe exccpllon of ~ebrJska and the small
<br />southwestern section of \Iillllcsola. all basin stales ha.'c
<br />M1hstantial COJ] reSCT\lo's.
<br />
<br />Transportation, Urban, Built-Up,
<br />and Other Areas
<br />
<br />Linds de'ioted IllITansportatlllll. urban. built-up. Jnd
<br />other areas include cities. villages. Jnd other :lreas 01
<br />more than 10 acres SUdl as indmlrial sHes. raillOJd
<br />yard._ .:enUleTics. Juports, gulf courses. institutional Jnd
<br />pubho: admilllstrallve slIes. hIghways. public roads. and
<br />railHlads, as shown in table 17 by subbasins. runenlly
<br />within the \lissIJufl Basm about 7.7 million a.:res are In
<br />this calqwry to serve J tOlal population of abllut
<br />8 nnllion.
<br />
<br />Table 17 - TRANSPORTATION, URBAN,
<br />BUILT.UP, AND OTHER AREAS
<br />
<br />Subba~jn
<br />Cppcr\ll'\'(J\lIl
<br />Yellm.-,Iont'
<br />\\e,lcrn[hknU
<br />Fa'le," D~1.01~
<br />PI~tl~l\iobl~rJ
<br />..\lddlc ..tl''llUll
<br />Kam.a'
<br />lower ."ll"nurl
<br />\h,,,,ulIlj;j.,"
<br />
<br />Thou.....nd
<br />Acre~
<br />1.200
<br />2.0
<br />'"
<br />1.53/:1
<br />1.474
<br />565
<br />I.IH9
<br />~
<br />7,/:1110
<br />
<br />
<br />Water Areas
<br />
<br />The surfJ,'e area of waler oc.:url...S about .l.~ 1<1.000
<br />a.:r...s III Ih... ba"in. This indude~ JlI water surfJ':'" bodl"S
<br />
<br />JbllVe two al.:res in size. Through application of flooding
<br />casements m .:onne':lion with reservOIr projecls, desig-
<br />nated water areas may have an.:illary use for agricultural
<br />land and fish and wildlife. Waler areas by subbasins are
<br />shown in lable 1!l. Th... areas over 40 acres in size include
<br />streams greater than one-elghth mile in width from the
<br />Bureau of Census figures. Waler areas less than 40 acres
<br />III Sill' haw been Jeflved from the USDA Salional
<br />Inventory of Soil and Water Conservation Seeds, 1958.
<br />
<br />Table 18 - WATER AREAS, BY SIZE
<br />
<br /> Over l'ndcr
<br />Suhba.'<in 40 Ac. 4f)Ac. TOIII
<br /> (Thouun<.l ACIni
<br />l:ppcr..lI,wull 5" 106 670
<br />Y~lIow,ll>ne !73 71 345
<br />We,tem lJ~knl~ m ]), 472
<br />F~'l~rn llakOlil 662 240 9U2
<br />Pbll('.!liiohr~rJ 400 ]" 054
<br />Midd!.: ~Ii"""uri 125 49 17'
<br />I\.am.a~ 95 241 33b
<br />Lower ~hS.'lHlrI ])9 1!7 '66
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<br />~lis~Jun !\a'1n 2M!! I.lt:d 3,H19
<br />
<br />Military land Areas
<br />
<br />~hlitary bnJs admmistered by [he Department of
<br />Defense mdude areas fur mIlitary hases, ..::emeteties, air
<br />ba<.es, missile sites. and gunnery ranges. Currently there
<br />are 6:~.OOO aa...s III the basin devoted 10 this use,
<br />JI~trIhuted as shown in t:lbk ]9,
<br />
<br />Table 19 - MILITARY LANDS
<br />
<br />Subb:L'<in
<br />l"ppcr\ilwlur'
<br />Yellowslone
<br />\\e,lem D)kul~
<br />[,a'lern Dakota
<br />Pblle-:'\i,lt>ran
<br />\fIddle "1L.""un
<br />t.:an.,;a.
<br />[.o"','r ~ll,..>url
<br />M"i\tlUn Ib'<in
<br />
<br />ThOU,*nd
<br />Acres
<br />
<br />7
<br />9
<br />269
<br />o
<br />123
<br />6
<br />]06
<br />102
<br />
<br />622
<br />
<br />CURRENT LAND CONSERVATION AND
<br />MANAGEMENT
<br />
<br />Plllle..::tion and dc\'c1oplnent 01 the bnd resources of
<br />the baslll ar,' aSSo.:ial('d primarily Wllh programs for soil
<br />and wat,'r ..::onser\'Jtlon. and watershed protection.
<br />management. and treatment. The \\bJe.:tive of land
<br />.:onser\atlOfI IS W make the besl use of soil. water, and
<br />plant resources within theu .:apabililies and pro\'ides fOT
<br />trealtn,'nt accordmg to need so as to preserve, maintain,
<br />and enhan.:e resource valut's. Land conset\'ation and
<br />managemt'nt pr\)grams nOl only protect and enhance
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