The Sac River (pronounced, sock) is a

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in the

Ozarks The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant port ...

of Southwest Missouri. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed May 31, 2011 with

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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 Stockton Lake is a reservoir located in southeastern Cedar County, Missouri, Cedar County, northeastern Dade County, Missouri, Dade County, and southwestern Polk County, Missouri. The lake is 'V' shaped, and covers , with of shoreline. It has th ...

in Dade County between Dadeville and Greenfield, then flows north exiting Stockton Lake in

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. The stream

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s north into St. Clair County, passes under

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and enters the

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southeast of

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. Large portions of the Sac River and the

Little Sac River The Little Sac River is a stream in Greene, Polk and Dade counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, U.S.A. The stream source coordinates are: and the confluence coordinates are: . The Little Sac headwaters start with an intermittent stream jus ...

are inundated by

. The river was named after the

Sac Indians The Sauk or Sac are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group, who lived primarily in the region of what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, when first encountered by the French in 1667. Their autonym is oθaakiiwaki, and th ...

. The

Big Eddy Site The Big Eddy Site ( 23CE426) is an archaeological site located in Cedar County, Missouri, which was first excavated in 1997 and is now threatened due to erosion by the Sac River. Location and general description The Sac River has created a cut ...

, an

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, is along the Sac River within Cedar County. Eleven feet of river

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at the site provides a

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that suggests more than 10,000 years of nearly constant occupation by American Indians, potentially pre-dating the

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and contributing to the knowledge of the

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and San Patrice cultures.

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External links

The Big Eddy Site
from th
Center for Archeological Research
at

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{{authority control 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

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