Turkey Creek (Kansas) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Turkey Creek |
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| Country | United States |
| Counties | Johnson and Wyandotte |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Lenexa, Kansas 1,047 feet (319 m) 38°58′04″N 94°43′04″W / 38.9677839°N 94.7177373°W |
| River mouth | Kansas River 722 feet (220 m) 39°04′38″N 94°37′08″W / 39.0772269°N 94.6188457°W |
| Length | 10.7 miles (17.2 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi |
| Basin size | 19,898 acres (8,052 ha) |
| 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. 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. The last 1,261 feet (384 m) of the stream runs through a tunnel.
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