The Salt River is a river in Pike, Ralls, and Monroe counties in Missouri, United States that is tributary of the Mississippi River. The river is approximately long and drains an area of in parts of twelve Missouri counties.
Description The river rises at the confluence of the North, Middle, and South Forks in Monroe County. Since Clarence Cannon Dam construction was completed in 1983, the first 15 miles of the Salt River after the confluence of the North, Middle, and South Fork have been contained in Mark Twain Lake. Below the dam, the river winds generally east for 63 miles through a rural valley surrounded by low bluffs. Below New London, it receives Spencer and Peno Creeks from the right. The Salt joins the Mississippi River at Ted Shanks Wildlife Conservation Area (River Mile 284) just one mile north of US Route 54 bridge in Louisiana in Pike County.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 33 Louisiana, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978
The river was called "Ohaha" by the Native Americans that once lived along its course. It was also known as "the river Jeffreon" in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis. American author Mark Twain was born in the town of Florida on the Salt River in 1835. River Location Discharge North Fork Salt River Shelbina 255 cu/ft. per sec.Waterdata USGS Elk Fork Salt River Paris 202 cu/ft. per sec.Waterdata USGS Middle Fork Salt River Paris 457 cu/ft. per sec.Waterdata USGS South Fork Salt River Santa Fe 313 cu/ft. per sec.Waterdata USGS
See also
List of rivers of Missouri
References
External links
Map of Mark Twain Lake and Dam Ted Shanks Wildlife Conservation Area