Tchoutacabouffa River

Tchoutacabouffa River
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
DistrictHarrison County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates30°36′36″N 88°54′50″W / 30.61000°N 88.91389°W / 30.61000; -88.91389[3]
 • elevation0 ft (0 m)[4]
MouthBiloxi Bay
 • coordinates
30°43′5″N 89°39′22″W / 30.71806°N 89.65611°W / 30.71806; -89.65611[5]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[4]
Length31 mi (50 km)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationBiloxi Bay[2]

The Tchoutacabouffa River (/ˈtʃutəkəbəf/)[6] is a river located in Harrison County, Mississippi. The river's mouth is located just north of the city of Biloxi at Biloxi Bay and south of present-day Interstate 10.[7] Located at a latitude of 30.435 and longitude of -88.99222,[5] it flows approximately 31 miles (50 km) south from its headwaters.[8]

Tchoutacabouffa is the Biloxi tribe's word for "broken pot."[9] Southern Mississippi art potter George E. Ohr, who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dug much of the clay he used for his works locally from the Tchoutacabouffa River.[10]

In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey published the results of a two-dimensional analysis of flood flows at the State Highway 15/67 crossing of the Tchoutacabouffa River.[11] The U.S. Geological Survey has maintained a record of annual flood peaks at D'Iberville, Miss., since 1998.

  1. ^ Harrison Archived 2005-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.
  2. ^ Water Data Report, Mississippi 2005, from Water Resources Data Mississippi Water Year 2005, USGS.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tchoutacabouffa River
  4. ^ a b Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates.
  5. ^ a b "Tchoutacabouffa River". placenames.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ Jones, James (20 June 2017). "How to tell the Biloxi and Tchoutacabouffa rivers apart". Sun Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Tchoutacabouffa River (Harrison)". Usa.indettaglio.it. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Clean Water Act Status: Tchoutacabouffa River". Scorecard.com. 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  9. ^ McKee, Jesse O.; Velvelyn Blackwell Foster; Stephen Young; et al. (2005). Mississippi: The Magnolia State. Atlanta: Clairmont Press. p. 330. ISBN 1-56733-125-4.
  10. ^ Klein Albertson, Karla (2003-09-02). "The Odyssey of George E. Ohr". Antiques and the Arts Online. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  11. ^ Winters, Karl E. (2000). Simulations of Flooding on Tchoutacabouffa River at State Highways 15 and 67 at D’Iberville, Mississippi. Pearl: U.S. Geological Survey. p. 29.