Big Creek (Northwest Missouri)

{{Short description|Stream in the U.S. state of Missouri}}

{{Distinguish|Big Creek (South Grand River tributary)}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

Big Creek is a stream in Harrison and Daviess counties of northern Missouri.{{GNIS|714158}} It is a tributary of the Grand River.

The source is in southwest Harrison County at the junction of the West Fork Big Creek and the East Fork Big Creek on the west side of Bethany located at {{coord|40|15|59|N|94|03|09|W|display=inline}} at an elevation of approximately {{convert|838|ft|abbr=on}},Bethany, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 and its confluence with the Grand River is in northwest Daviess County approximately two miles southeast of Pattonsburg and just west of I-35Coffey, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984 at {{coord|40|01|30|N|94|06|23|W|display=inline,title}} and an elevation of {{convert|771|ft|abbr=on}}.

Big Creek most likely was named for its tendency to flood the adjacent fields following heavy rainstorms.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_daviess.html |title=Daviess County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=26 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070446/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_daviess.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}