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.[2] 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.[3] The last 1,261 feet (384 m) of the stream runs through a tunnel.[4]
| Turkey Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Counties | Johnson and Wyandotte |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lenexa, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 38.9677839°N 94.7177373°W / 38.9677839; -94.7177373 |
| • elevation | 1,047 feet (319 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Kansas River |
• coordinates | 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 | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 22.49 cu ft/s (0.637 m3/s) (estimate)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi |
| GNIS | 479260 |
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