Big Creek (Cuivre River tributary)

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Big Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
Region Lincoln, St. Charles and Warren counties
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 38°47′34″N91°09′06″W / 38.79278°N 91.15167°W / 38.79278; -91.15167
  elevation890 [1]  ft (270 m)
Mouth  
  coordinates
38°52′44″N90°49′38″W / 38.87889°N 90.82722°W / 38.87889; -90.82722
  elevation
433 ft (132 m)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left Schlanker Branch, Yeater Branch, Dry Creek, Coon Creek
  right Hickory Lick Creek, Indian Camp Creek, McCoy Creek
[2] [3]

Big Creek is a stream in Lincoln, St. Charles and Warren counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. [2] It is a tributary of the Cuivre River.

The source area for the stream lies just southwest of Warrenton in Warren County. The stream flows north passing under Interstate 70 and turns east passing under Missouri Route 47 before entering Lincoln county. The stream meanders east and becomes the boundary between Lincoln and St. Charles counties. It passes under US Route 61 and enters the Cuivre to the north of Wentzville, and the communities of Flint Hill and Enon. [3]

An early variant name was "Eagle Fork". [2] According to tradition, the former name was applied because eagles often attacked an early settler's hogs. [4]

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References

  1. Warrenton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1973 (1986 rev.)
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Creek
  3. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 39-40, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. "Warren County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.