Terre Bleue Creek

Terre Bleue Creek Tributary to Big River
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Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	St. Francois
Physical characteristics
Source	Hickory Creek divide
• location	about 3 miles south of Goose Creek Lake
• coordinates	37°52′32.19″N090°19′12.44″W / 37.8756083°N 90.3201222°W / 37.8756083; -90.3201222 [1]
• elevation	990 ft (300 m) [1]
Mouth	Big River
• location	about 2 miles northeast of Bonne Terre, Missouri
• coordinates	37°56′29.19″N090°30′59.45″W / 37.9414417°N 90.5165139°W / 37.9414417; -90.5165139 [1]
• elevation	627 ft (191 m) [1]
Length	21.73 mi (34.97 km) [2]
Basin size	66.28 square miles (171.7 km2) [3]
Discharge
• location	Big River
• average	85.39 cu ft/s (2.418 m3/s) at mouth with Big River [3]
Basin features
Progression	Big River → Meramec River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	Big River
Tributaries
• left	Salem Creek
• right	Bear Creek Andrews Branch Beaver Creek Dry Branch Hazel Run Pike Run
Bridges	McCord Road, State Road EE, Highway JJ, Highway D, Hillsboro Road, Highway K

Terre Bleue Creek is a stream in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties of eastern Missouri. ^[1] It is a tributary of the Big River.

Terre Bleue Creek was so named on account of the color of the dirt on its course, terre bleue being a name meaning "blue earth" in French. ^[4]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: ^[1]

• Terre Bleu Creek
• Terre Blue Creek

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Terre Bleue Creek, Retrieved 11 January 2023
2. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
3. "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
4. "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.