Terre Bleue Creek

Stream in Missouri, USA

37°52′32.19″N 090°19′12.44″W / 37.8756083°N 90.3201222°W / 37.8756083; -90.3201222^[1] • elevation990 ft (300 m)^[1] MouthBig 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 / 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 • locationBig River • average85.39 cu ft/s (2.418 m³/s) at mouth with Big River^[3] Basin featuresProgressionBig River → Meramec River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemBig RiverTributaries • leftSalem Creek • rightBear Creek
Andrews Branch
Beaver Creek
Dry Branch
Hazel Run
Pike RunBridgesMcCord 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

References

^ ^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.