title: Terrible Creek
text: # Terrible Creek
  
  Terrible Creek is a stream in western Ripley County in southeast Missouri. It is a tributary of South Fork Buffalo Creek.
  
  The stream headwaters are at 36°39′31″N 91°01′06″W﻿ / ﻿36.65861°N 91.01833°W﻿ / 36.65861; -91.01833 and its confluence with the South Fork is at 36°42′07″N 90°59′44″W﻿ / ﻿36.70194°N 90.99556°W﻿ / 36.70194; -90.99556. The stream source area lies just north of US Route 160 west of Briar.
  
  Terrible Creek was so named on account of the rugged terrain near its course.
  
  