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Islands and Meanders of the Missouri River

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River Mile(s) Name County(ies) Settlement(s) Notes Coordinates
Nebraska-Missouri Border
551.3-555.7[1] Hamburg Bend[1] Otoe County, Nebraska Four Mile Precinct and Otoe Precinct 40°36′03″N 95°45′31″W / 40.600895°N 95.758548°W / 40.600895; -95.758548
545.9-552.7[2] Lower Hamburg Bend[2] Atchison County, Missouri Buchanan Township IA-MO-NE Tri-Point is in the northern portion of this bend 40°34′32″N 95°46′02″W / 40.57557°N 95.76709°W / 40.57557; -95.76709
544.5-547.2[3] Kansas Bend[3] Otoe County, Nebraska and Nemaha County, Nebraska Otoe Precinct and Peru Precinct 40°31′22″N 95°43′01″W / 40.52285°N 95.71701°W / 40.52285; -95.71701
500 McKissick Island[4][5] Nemaha County, Nebraska McKissick Island Precinct Pene-exclave of Nebraska in Missouri 40°32′23″N 95°40′25″W / 40.5397°N 95.6736°W / 40.5397; -95.6736
500 Peru Bottoms Nemaha County, Nebraska Otoe Precinct and Peru Precinct 40°30′57″N 95°43′24″W / 40.51578°N 95.72332°W / 40.51578; -95.72332
541.6-544[6] Nishabotna Bend or Lower Kansas Bend[6] Nemaha County, Nebraska Peru Precinct 40°29′50″N 95°41′54″W / 40.49736°N 95.69825°W / 40.49736; -95.69825
500 Evans Island[7][5] Atchison County, Missouri Nishnabotna Township and Templeton Township 40°27′00″N 95°39′27″W / 40.4500°N 95.6574°W / 40.4500; -95.6574
536.4-536.9[8] Sonora Bend[8] Nemaha County, Nebraska Brownville Precinct 40°25′06″N 95°39′46″W / 40.41846°N 95.66265°W / 40.41846; -95.66265
533.2-534.5[9] Brownville Bend[9] Nemaha County, Nebraska Brownville, Nebraska 40°22′50″N 95°38′57″W / 40.38056°N 95.64913°W / 40.38056; -95.64913
528.1-531.4[10] Langdon Bend[10] Nemaha County, Nebraska Nemaha Precinct 40°20′26″N 95°37′52″W / 40.34051°N 95.63111°W / 40.34051; -95.63111
525.6-527.5[11] Aspinwall Bend[11] Atchison County, Missouri Benton Township 40°19′05″N 95°38′24″W / 40.31818°N 95.64006°W / 40.31818; -95.64006
500 Hoot Bowl Bend Atchison County, Missouri Benton Township 40°18′55″N 95°36′52″W / 40.31539°N 95.61453°W / 40.31539; -95.61453
500 Morgan Island[12][13] Nemaha County, Nebraska Nemaha Precinct 40°18′17″N 95°36′28″W / 40.3047°N 95.6077°W / 40.3047; -95.6077
516.1-520.6[14] Deroin Bend[14] or Hemmes Bend[15] Atchison County, Missouri and Holt County, Missouri Clark Township and Lincoln Township 40°15′36″N 95°32′22″W / 40.26013°N 95.53932°W / 40.26013; -95.53932
500 Lincoln Bend[16][17] Nemaha County, Nebraska Nemaha Precinct 0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E / 0; 0
516.9-519.1[18] Indian Cave Bend[18] Nemaha County, Nebraska and Richardson County, Nebraska Barada Precinct and Nemaha Precinct 40°15′12″N 95°32′11″W / 40.25345°N 95.53647°W / 40.25345; -95.53647
505.9-507.1[19] Cottier Bend[19] or Arago Island[15] Richardson County, Nebraska Arago Precinct 40°08′52″N 95°26′21″W / 40.14786°N 95.43909°W / 40.14786; -95.43909
498.1-502.3 Rush Bottom Bend[15] or Winnebago Bar[15] Holt County, Missouri and Richardson County, Nebraska Bigelow Township and Minton Township Part is a pene-exclave of Nebraska in Missouri 40°05′30″N 95°24′26″W / 40.09173°N 95.4072°W / 40.09173; -95.4072
500 Nemaha Bends[20] or Tarkio Bend[15] Richardson County, Nebraska Rulo Precinct Part of the Iowa Reservation 40°01′53″N 95°21′17″W / 40.0313°N 95.3546°W / 40.0313; -95.3546
500 Missouri Bend[21] or Squaw Bend[15] Richardson County, Nebraska Rulo Precinct KS-MO-NE Tri-Point is in the southern portion of this bend 40°00′24″N 95°18′37″W / 40.0066°N 95.3102°W / 40.0066; -95.3102
Kansas-Missouri Border
Rush Island[15] Doniphan County, Kansas Iowa Township
477.1-481.5[22] Wolf Creek Bend[22] Holt County, Missouri Forest Township and Lewis Township 39°54′34″N 95°11′39″W / 39.90932°N 95.1941°W / 39.90932; -95.1941
Charleston Bend[15] Doniphan County, Kansas Center Township
463.9-467.4[23] Burr Oak Bottom[24][5] or Dallas Bend[15] or Solomons Island[15] Doniphan County, Kansas Burr Oak Township 39°53′21″N 95°01′20″W / 39.8893°N 95.02231°W / 39.8893; -95.02231
500 Nodaway Island[15] Andrew County, Missouri Nodaway, Missouri 39°54′09″N 94°57′08″W / 39.90242°N 94.95234°W / 39.90242; -94.95234
456.3-460[25] Worthwine Island[25] or Gray Back Island[15] Andrew County, Missouri Lincoln Township 39°51′16″N 94°56′16″W / 39.85442°N 94.93778°W / 39.85442; -94.93778
500 Gladden Bottom[26][5] Doniphan County, Kansas Burr Oak Township and Washington Township 39°49′00″N 94°54′01″W / 39.8166°N 94.9002°W / 39.8166; -94.9002
500 Bon-Ton Bend (historical)[27][15] Doniphan County, Kansas Washington Township Was the north side of French Bottoms before the river shifted 0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E / 0; 0
500 French Bottom[28][5] or Belmont Bend (historical)[29][15] or Lover's Island (historical)[30] Doniphan County, Kansas Washington Township Pene-exclave of Missouri in Kansas, Rosecrans Memorial Airport is situated here. 39°46′36″N 94°54′22″W / 39.7766°N 94.9060°W / 39.7766; -94.9060
500 Elwood Bend (historical)[31] Doniphan County, Kansas Elwood, Kansas Was the south side of French Bottoms before the river shifted 39°45′44″N 94°53′56″W / 39.762201°N 94.898957°W / 39.762201; -94.898957
441.6-449.5[32] Elwood Bottoms[32] Doniphan County, Kansas Elwood, Kansas 39°43′40″N 94°53′50″W / 39.72775°N 94.8972°W / 39.72775; -94.8972
500 Doniphan Bend[33] Buchanan County, Missouri 39°37′11″N 95°03′09″W / 39.6197°N 95.0526°W / 39.6197; -95.0526
424-428.3[34] Rushville Bend[35][5] or Benedictine Bottoms[34] Atchison County, Kansas 39°34′54″N 95°03′44″W / 39.5816°N 95.0621°W / 39.5816; -95.0621
500 McQueen Bend[36][5] Buchanan County, Missouri 39°34′43″N 95°05′48″W / 39.5786°N 95.0966°W / 39.5786; -95.0966
500 Atchison Bend[37][15] Buchanan County, Missouri 39°33′35″N 95°06′39″W / 39.5597°N 95.1108°W / 39.5597; -95.1108
414.9-419.5[38] Dalbey Bottoms[38] Atchison County, Kansas 39°29′56″N 95°03′26″W / 39.49895°N 95.05713°W / 39.49895; -95.05713
408.5-409.1[39] Oak Mills Bend[5][39] or Cow Island[40][15] Leavenworth County, Kansas 39°24′59″N 94°58′09″W / 39.41647°N 94.96909°W / 39.41647; -94.96909
500 Harpst Island[41][42][43] or Iatan Bend[44] Platte County, Missouri 39°25′31″N 94°57′44″W / 39.4252°N 94.9621°W / 39.4252; -94.9621
404.2-406.2[45] Kickapoo Island[46][5][40][47] Platte County, Missouri 39°23′30″N 94°55′01″W / 39.3916°N 94.9169°W / 39.3916; -94.9169
403-403.3[48] Weston Bend[49][5] Platte County, Missouri 39°23′33″N 94°53′37″W / 39.3924°N 94.8935°W / 39.3924; -94.8935
500 Leavenworth Island[50][40][43][47] Platte County, Missouri Formerly a true river island. 39°18′48″N 94°53′45″W / 39.3133°N 94.8957°W / 39.3133; -94.8957
500 Stigers Island[51][43]> or Delaware Bend[52] or Spar Island[40][47] Leavenworth County, Kansas 39°15′10″N 94°51′01″W / 39.2527°N 94.8502°W / 39.2527; -94.8502
500 Pope Bend[53][5] or Coney Island[47] or Donigan Island[47] Platte County, Missouri 39°12′32″N 94°49′13″W / 39.2089°N 94.8203°W / 39.2089; -94.8203
500 Diamond Island[42][40] or Weavers Bend[54] Leavenworth County, Kansas and Wyandotte County, Kansas 39°10′10″N 94°44′19″W / 39.1695°N 94.7387°W / 39.1695; -94.7387
500 Pomeroy Bend[55][5] Platte County, Missouri 39°10′35″N 94°45′29″W / 39.1763°N 94.7581°W / 39.1763; -94.7581
500 Little Platte Bend[56][57] Platte County, Missouri 39°10′48″N 94°41′50″W / 39.1800°N 94.6971°W / 39.1800; -94.6971
500 Parkville Bend[58][57] Wyandotte County, Kansas 39°10′46″N 94°39′54″W / 39.1794°N 94.6649°W / 39.1794; -94.6649
500 Quindaro Bend[59][5] Platte County, Missouri 39°09′23″N 94°39′19″W / 39.1563°N 94.6552°W / 39.1563; -94.6552
500 Goose Island[60][42] or Kaw Bend[61] or Kaw River Bend[57] Wyandotte County, Kansas Formerly a true river island;[62] became meander in the 1910s.[63] 39°08′40″N 94°35′31″W / 39.1444°N 94.5919°W / 39.1444; -94.5919
500 Kansas River Bend[64] Platte County, Missouri 39°06′55″N 94°36′30″W / 39.1152°N 94.6083°W / 39.1152; -94.6083

References

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  2. ^ a b "Map and MRRP Sites: Lower Hamburg Bend". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Map and MRRP Sites: Kansas Bend". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
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  8. ^ a b "Map and MRRP Sites: Sonora Bend". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Map and MRRP Sites: Brownville Bend". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Map and MRRP Sites: Langdon Bend". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Map and MRRP Sites: Aspinwall Bend". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  12. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morgan Island
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  35. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rushville Bend
  36. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McQueen Bend
  37. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atchison Bend
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  51. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stigers Island
  52. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Delaware Bend
  53. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pope Bend
  54. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Weavers Bend
  55. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pomeroy Bend
  56. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Platte Bend
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  58. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parkville Bend
  59. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quindaro Bend
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  61. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kaw Bend
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