Turkey Creek is a stream in Johnson and Wyandotte counties, Kansas, United States.[2] It is a tributary of the Kansas River, with its mouth near downtown Kansas City.[3] 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 implemented flood control measures.[4] The last 1,261 feet (384 m) of the stream runs through a tunnel.[5]
| Turkey Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Counties | Johnson and Wyandotte |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lenexa, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 38°58′04″N 94°43′04″W / 38.9677839°N 94.7177373°W |
| • elevation | 1,047 feet (319 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Kansas River |
• coordinates | 39°04′38″N 94°37′08″W / 39.0772269°N 94.6188457°W |
• elevation | 722 feet (220 m) |
| Length | 10.7 miles (17.2 km) |
| Basin size | 19,898 acres (8,052 ha) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 22.49 cu ft/s (0.637 m3/s) (estimate)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi |
| GNIS | 479260[2] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Turkey Creek". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2022-04-23. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turkey Creek (Kansas)
- ^ MARC – Watersheds of the Kansas City Region
- ^ US Army Corps of Engineers – Upper Turkey Creek Basin
- ^ bridge hunter.com – Turkey Creek Tunnel
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