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 Tributary to Big River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Terre Bleue Creek mouth  Terre Bleue Creek (the United States) | |
| 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″N 090°19′12.44″W / 37.8756083°N 90.3201222°W[1] |
| • elevation | 990 ft (300 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Big River |
• location | about 2 miles northeast of Bonne Terre, Missouri |
• coordinates | 37°56′29.19″N 090°30′59.45″W / 37.9414417°N 90.5165139°W[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 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
editAccording to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Terre Bleu Creek
- Terre Blue Creek
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Terre Bleue Creek, Retrieved 11 January 2023
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ a b "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "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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