| Sac River | |
| Map: | Osagerivermap.png |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Missouri |
| Length: | 118miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | USGS 06919900 near Caplinger Mills, MO[1] |
| Discharge1 Min: | 34cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 1670cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | 51200cuft/s |
| Source1 Location: | Greene County, Missouri |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 37.2108°N -93.4344°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1240feet |
| Mouth: | Truman Reservoir |
| Mouth Location: | Osceola, Missouri |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.0167°N -93.7189°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 709feet |
| Basin Size: | 1981sqmi |
| Tributaries Left: | Lumley Branch |
| Tributaries Right: | Little Sac River |
| Custom Label: | Watersheds |
| Custom Data: | Sac-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
The Sac River (pronounced sock) is a river in the Ozarks of Southwest Missouri. It is long,[2] 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.[3]
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.