Little Osage River

Little Osage River
The Little Osage River near Horton, Missouri
Country United States
State Kansas, Missouri
Tributaries
 - right Marmaton River
Source confluence
 - location Allen County, Kansas
 - elevation 943 ft (287 m)
 - coordinates 38°01′32″N 95°05′23″W / 38.02556°N 95.08972°W / 38.02556; -95.08972
Mouth Osage River
 - location Vernon County, Missouri
 - elevation 722 ft (220 m)
 - coordinates 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W / 38.02750°N 94.24417°W / 38.02750; -94.24417Coordinates: 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W / 38.02750°N 94.24417°W / 38.02750; -94.24417 [1]
Length 88 mi (142 km)
Discharge for USGS 0691700 at Horton, MO[2]
 - average 369 cu ft/s (10 m3/s)
 - max 43,700 cu ft/s (1,237 m3/s)
 - min 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
Watersheds Little Osage-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi
Map of the Osage River watershed showing the Little Osage River

The Little Osage River is an 88-mile-long (142 km)[3] tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

The name was derived from the Osage Nation.[4]

Course

The Little Osage rises in Kansas in southeastern Anderson and northeastern Allen counties as three short streams, the North, Middle and South Forks. The forks converge in northwestern Bourbon County, and the river flows generally eastward past Fulton into Vernon County, Missouri, where it passes Stotesbury and collects the Marmaton River. On the boundary of Vernon and Bates counties, the Little Osage joins the Marais des Cygnes River to form the Osage River, 6 miles (10 km) west of Schell City.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Little Osage River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  2. ↑ "Water-Data Report 2012 - 0691700 Little Osage River at Horton, MO" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 31, 2011
  4. ↑ Lyman, Clifford (16 July 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved 22 April 2015.


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