Blackwater River (Missouri)

The Blackwater River is a 79.3-mile-long (127.6 km)[2] tributary of the Lamine River in west-central Missouri in the United States.[3] 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] The Blackwater River is 16 miles longer than the Lamine River, of which it is a tributary.

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
 ⁃ elevation700 ft (210 m)
Mouth 
 ⁃ location
Confluence with the Lamine River in Cooper County, Missouri
 ⁃ coordinates
38°56′21″N 92°56′50″W
 ⁃ elevation
577 ft (176 m)
Length79 mi (127 km)
Discharge 
 ⁃ locationBlue Lick, MO
 ⁃ average824 cu/ft. per sec.[1]
Basin features
ProgressionBlackwater River → Lamine → Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
GNIS ID729709

Course

The Blackwater River is formed by short north and south forks in Johnson County about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Warrensburg and 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, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Blackwater.[5]

The North Fork of the Blackwater starts in the southwestern corner of Lafayette County near the small village of Chapel Hill, about 6 miles (10 km) south of Bates City.[5]

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

See also
  • List of Missouri rivers

References
  1. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=06908000&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 31, 2011
  3. "Blackwater River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  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
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