Turkey Creek (Kansas)

Turkey Creek
Country United States
Basin
Main source Lenexa, Kansas
1,047 feet (319 m)
38°58′04″N 94°43′04″W / 38.9677839°N 94.7177373°W / 38.9677839; -94.7177373 (Primary source of Turkey Creek)
River mouth Kansas River
722 feet (220 m)
39°04′38″N 94°37′08″W / 39.0772269°N 94.6188457°W / 39.0772269; -94.6188457 (Mouth of Turkey Creek)Coordinates: 39°04′38″N 94°37′08″W / 39.0772269°N 94.6188457°W / 39.0772269; -94.6188457 (Mouth of Turkey Creek)
Progression Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi
Basin size 19,898 acres (8,052 ha)
Physical characteristics
Length 10.7 miles (17.2 km)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    6.63 cu ft/s (0.188 m3/s)
Features
GNIS 479260

Turkey Creek is a stream in Johnson and Wyandotte counties, Kansas, United States. It is a tributary of the Kansas River, with its mouth near downtown Kansas City.[1] The stream is prone to flooding—a flood in 1998 caused more than $50 million in damage—and so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers implements flood control measures.[2] The last 1,261 feet (384 m) of the stream runs through a tunnel.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ MARC – Watersheds of the Kansas City Region
  2. ↑ US Army Corps of Engineers – Upper Turkey Creek Basin
  3. ↑ bridge hunter.com – Turkey Creek Tunnel


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