Terre Bleue Creek
| Terre Bleue Creek Tributary to Big River | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| • elevation | 990 ft (300 m) |
| 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 |
• elevation | 627 ft (191 m) |
| Length | 21.73 mi (34.97 km) |
| Basin size | 66.28 square miles (171.7 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Big River |
| • average | 85.39 cu ft/s (2.418 m3/s) at mouth with Big River |
| 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 is a stream in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties of eastern Missouri. 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.