Sac River
River in the American state of Missouri
title: "Sac River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-missouri", "bodies-of-water-of-the-ozarks", "rivers-of-cedar-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-dade-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-greene-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-lawrence-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-st.-clair-county,-missouri", "tributaries-of-the-missouri-river"] description: "River in the American state of Missouri" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sac_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in the American state of Missouri ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sac River |
| map | Osagerivermap.png |
| map_caption | Map of the Osage River watershed showing the Sac River |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | United States |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Missouri |
| length | 118 mi |
| discharge1_location | USGS 06919900 near Caplinger Mills, MO |
| discharge1_min | 34 cuft/s |
| discharge1_avg | 1670 cuft/s |
| discharge1_max | 51200 cuft/s |
| source1_location | Greene County, Missouri |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 1240 ft |
| mouth | Truman Reservoir |
| mouth_location | Osceola, Missouri |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 709 ft |
| basin_size | 1981 sqmi |
| tributaries_left | Lumley Branch |
| tributaries_right | Little Sac River |
| custom_label | Watersheds |
| custom_data | Sac-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
| :: |
| name = Sac River | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | map = Osagerivermap.png | map_size = | map_caption = Map of the Osage River watershed showing the Sac River | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Missouri | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = 118 mi | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= USGS 06919900 near Caplinger Mills, MO | discharge1_min = 34 cuft/s | discharge1_avg = 1670 cuft/s | discharge1_max = 51200 cuft/s | source1 = | source1_location = Greene County, Missouri | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = 1240 ft | mouth = Truman Reservoir | mouth_location = Osceola, Missouri | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 709 ft | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = 1981 sqmi | tributaries_left = Lumley Branch | tributaries_right = Little Sac River | custom_label = Watersheds | custom_data = Sac-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi | extra =
The Sac River (pronounced sock) is a river in the Ozarks of Southwest Missouri, United States.
Description
The river is 118 mi long, with headwaters in western Greene County. The stream passes through the northeast corner of Lawrence County then re-enters Greene County. The stream enters Dade County northwest of Ash Grove. The stream enters Stockton Lake in Dade County between Dadeville and Greenfield, then flows north exiting Stockton Lake in Cedar County. The stream meanders north into St. Clair County, passes under US Route 54 and enters the Osage River in Truman Reservoir southeast of Osceola.
Large portions of the Sac River and the Little Sac River are inundated by Stockton Lake.
The river was named after the Sac Indians. 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.
References
References
- "Water-Data Report 2013 - 06919900 Sac River near Caplinger Mills, MO". U.S. Geological Survey.
- {{cite gnis. 756621. Sac River. 2015-12-03
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 31, 2011
- ''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 43 and 51-52, {{ISBN. 0-89933-224-2
- "Dade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri.
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