For the battle, see Battle of Marmiton River.
Marmaton River
CountryUnited States
StateKansas, Missouri
Length102 mi (164 km)
Discharge1 locationUSGS 06918060 near Nevada, MO[1]
Discharge1 min0.03 cu ft/s (0.00085 m3/s)
Discharge1 avg1,051 cu ft/s (29.8 m3/s)
Discharge1 max33,800 cu ft/s (960 m3/s)
Source1 locationAllen County, Kansas
Source1 coordinates37°56′45″N 95°07′51″W
Source1 elevation1,105 ft (337 m)
MouthLittle Osage River
Mouth locationVernon County, Missouri
Mouth coordinates37°59′57″N 94°19′08″W[2]
Mouth elevation732 ft (223 m)
Custom labelWatersheds
Custom dataMarmaton-Little Osage-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi

The Marmaton River (MAR-muh-tuhn) is a 102-mile (164-kilometre)[3] tributary of the Little Osage River in southeastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Little Osage, Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

Course

The Marmaton River rises in Kansas northeast of Moran in eastern Allen County and flows generally eastward through Bourbon County in Kansas and Vernon County in Missouri, past the towns of Uniontown, Redfield and Fort Scott in Kansas and Deerfield in Missouri. It joins the Little Osage River from the south, 7 miles (11 km) south-southeast of Rich Hill, Missouri.

Name

Marmaton is a corruption of Marmiton, a French name given by fur traders meaning "scullion".[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Water-Data Report 2013 - 06918060 Marmaton River near Nevada, MO". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
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  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 31, 2011
  4. ^ Robley, T. F. (1894). History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865. Press of the Monitor book & printing Company. pp. 98