Sac River

Sac River
Country United States
State Missouri
Tributaries
 - right Little Sac River
Source
 - location Greene County, Missouri
 - elevation 1,240 ft (378 m)
 - coordinates 37°12′39″N 93°26′04″W / 37.21083°N 93.43444°W / 37.21083; -93.43444
Mouth Truman Reservoir
 - location Osceola, Missouri
 - elevation 709 ft (216 m)
 - coordinates 38°01′00″N 93°43′08″W / 38.01667°N 93.71889°W / 38.01667; -93.71889Coordinates: 38°01′00″N 93°43′08″W / 38.01667°N 93.71889°W / 38.01667; -93.71889 [1]
Length 118 mi (190 km)
Basin 1,981 sq mi (5,131 km2)
Discharge for USGS 06919900 near Caplinger Mills, MO[2]
 - average 1,670 cu ft/s (47 m3/s)
 - max 51,200 cu ft/s (1,450 m3/s)
 - min 34 cu ft/s (1 m3/s)
Watersheds Sac-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi
Reservoirs Stockton Lake, Truman Reservoir
Map of the Osage River watershed showing the Sac River

The Sac River is a river in Southwest Missouri. It is 118 miles (190 km) long,[3] with headwaters in Lawrence and Greene counties; the headwaters join near Greenfield, then flow north through the Ozarks, to the Osage River, ending just above Osceola in Truman Reservoir.

Large portions of the Sac River and the Little Sac River are inundated by Stockton Lake.

The river was named after the Sac Indians.[4] The Big Eddy Site, an archaeological dig, is along the Sac River within Cedar County. Eleven feet of river sediment at the site provides a stratigraphy that suggests more than 10,000 years of nearly constant occupation by American Indians, potentially pre-dating the Clovis culture and contributing to the knowledge of the Dalton and San Patrice cultures.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sac River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Water-Data Report 2013 - 06919900 Sac River near Caplinger Mills, MO" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 31, 2011
  4. ↑ "Dade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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