Turkey Creek (Kansas)

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 / 38.9677839; -94.7177373
• 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 / 39.0772269; -94.6188457Coordinates: 39°04′38″N 94°37′08″W / 39.0772269°N 94.6188457°W / 39.0772269; -94.6188457
• elevation	722 feet (220 m)
Length	10.7 miles (17.2 km)
Basin size	19,898 acres (8,052 ha)
Discharge
• average	6.63 cu ft/s (0.188 m3/s)
Basin features
Progression	Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi
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 implemented flood control measures.^[2] The last 1,261 feet (384 m) of the stream runs through a tunnel.^[3]

See also[]

• Interstate 35, whose segment south of downtown Kansas City was designed as the Turkey Creek Expressway
• List of rivers of Kansas

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