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660. FIPS code. 29-47270 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2395092 [2] Memphis is a city in and the county seat of Scotland County, on the northern border of Missouri, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,731. [5] U.S. Highway 136 passes near Memphis, which is east of Lancaster and west of Kahoka.
An 1800 map shows a 'Redfoot River' in the area near the Lake, a possible misspelling of the name from Henry Rutherford's 1785 survey. From Low's Encyclopaedia. According to the United States Geological Survey, Reelfoot Lake was formed in northwestern Tennessee when the region subsided during the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes, which were centered around New Madrid, Missouri. [2]
Lewis and Clark State Park. / 39.53778°N 95.05861°W / 39.53778; -95.05861. Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying 189 acres (76 ha) on the south shore of 365-acre (148 ha) Lewis and Clark Lake (a.k.a. Sugar Lake) in Buchanan County, Missouri. The state park features camping, picnicking, and fishing.
Long Branch Lake is the reservoir created by the dam, with about 24 miles of shoreline and a flood-control capacity of 98,000 acre-feet.In addition to the adjacent state-run state park, the dam has a visitors center at its southern end, and the Atlanta State Wildlife Area at its northern end near Atlanta, Missouri.
February 7, 1812, 9:45 UTC (3:45 am local time): M 7.4–8.6, epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri. The town of New Madrid was destroyed. In St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were severely damaged and their chimneys were toppled. This shock was definitively attributed to the Reelfoot Fault by Johnston and Schweig.
Lake Springfield was created in 1957 with the construction of a dam on the James River. The city of Springfield purchased the land before it was submerged. It cost $11.1 million to buy the land and build the dam to create the lake and first two units of the power station. [3] The lake was to be a cooling reservoir for the James River Power plant.
Harry S Truman Reservoir. 706 feet (215 m) above sea level. [2] The Harry S Truman Reservoir, also known as Truman Lake, is located in the state of Missouri, United States. It is located between Clinton and Warsaw, on the Osage River and extends south to Osceola. The dam is located in Benton County, but the reservoir also extends into parts of ...
Surface elevation. 867 ft (264 m) Stockton Lake is a reservoir located in southeastern Cedar County, northeastern Dade County, and southwestern Polk County, Missouri. The lake is V-shaped, and covers 39 square miles (100 km 2), with 298 miles (480 km) of shoreline. It has three marinas, and 10 public-use areas.