Hootentown Natural Arch

Hootentown Natural Arch

Hootentown Arch spans an impressive 80 feet with a height of roughly 60 feet. Situated in Stone County in south-west Missouri, the Hootentown sits on the James River. This natural Wonder spans approximately 80 feet, and reaches an approximate height of 80 feet, according to Natural Atlas The arch counts as one of thirty-one of the know arches in the state. It also goes by several names including the James River Natural Arch, and the Inman Natural Arch.

A bit of history

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Data used in this project

Arch locations are extracted from the Domestic and Antarctic Names (State and Topical Gazetteer) published by the United States Board on Geographic Names. (geonames.usgs.gov). Data accessed August, 2018.

Contour intervals of 20 feet with labeled index contours every 100 feet were used to illustrate elevation.

Original elevation data source: The National Map (USGS)

Site vector data was extracted from the NED 1/3 arc-second raster digital elevation model (approximately 10-meter resolution), from the above source.

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Resources Employed

• QGIS 3.12.1, on Windows 10 Machine to convert raster data and create elevation contour references.
• Data is shown on Mapbox web map with geolocation services enabled.