Turkey Creek (Kansas)

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 implemented flood control measures.[2] The last 1,261 feet (384 m) of the stream runs through a tunnel.[3]

Turkey Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
CountiesJohnson and Wyandotte
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationLenexa, Kansas
  coordinates38.9677839°N 94.7177373°W / 38.9677839; -94.7177373
  elevation1,047 feet (319 m)
Mouth 
  location
Kansas River
  coordinates
39.0772269°N 94.6188457°W / 39.0772269; -94.6188457
  elevation
722 feet (220 m)
Length10.7 miles (17.2 km)
Basin size19,898 acres (8,052 ha)
Discharge 
  average6.63 cu ft/s (0.188 m3/s)
Basin features
ProgressionKansasMissouriMississippi
GNIS479260

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