Terre Bleue Creek

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Terre Bleue Creek
Tributary to Big River
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Location of Terre Bleue Creek mouth
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Terre Bleue Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
County St. Francois
Physical characteristics
SourceHickory Creek divide
 • locationabout 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]
 • elevation990 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 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]
Length21.73 mi (34.97 km) [2]
Basin size66.28 square miles (171.7 km2) [3]
Discharge 
 • location Big River
 • average85.39 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 
 • leftSalem Creek
 • rightBear Creek
Andrews Branch
Beaver Creek
Dry Branch
Hazel Run
Pike Run
BridgesMcCord 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.

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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]

See also

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Bouyer Creek is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Terre Bleue Creek.

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Hazel Run is a stream in northeastern St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Terre Bleue Creek.

Hazel Run is an unincorporated community in northeastern St. Francois County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located one-half mile south of Hazel Run creek and approximately five miles east-northeast of Bonne Terre.

Pike Run is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Terre Bleue Creek just upstream of that stream's confluence with Big River.

Salem Creek is a stream in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Terre Bleue Creek.

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Bear Creek is a stream in Ste. Genevieve County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Terre Bleue Creek.

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Goose Creek Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties, Missouri, United States. The community is built around a lake of the same name, a reservoir impounding Goose Creek, an east-flowing tributary of Fourche Du Clos and part of the Establishment Creek watershed leading to the Mississippi River.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Terre Bleue Creek access-date=11 January 2023}}
  2. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "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.



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