Terre Bleue Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Big River |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Terre Bleue Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | St. Francois |
Length: | 21.73miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Big River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 85.39cuft/s at mouth with Big River[2] |
Source1: | Hickory Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles south of Goose Creek Lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.8756°N -90.3201°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 990feet |
Mouth: | Big River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.9414°N -90.5165°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 627feet |
Progression: | Big River → Meramec River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Big River |
Tributaries Left: | Salem Creek |
Tributaries 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.[3] 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]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]