Terre Bleue Creek Explained

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 RiverMeramec RiverMississippi RiverGulf 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]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . January 11, 2023.
  2. Web site: Watershed Report Office of Water US EPA . watersgeo.epa.gov . US EPA . 11 January 2023 . en.
  3. , Retrieved 11 January 2023
  4. Web site: St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071518/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_francois.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri . November 27, 2016 .