Turkey Creek (Kansas River tributary)
| 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) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi |
| GNIS | 479260 |
Turkey Creek is a stream spanning Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, within the Kansas City metropolitan area of the United States. It is a tributary of the Kansas River, with its mouth near downtown Kansas City, Kansas. It is not the Turkey Creek in Dickinson County, Kansas nor the Turkey Creek in Nemaha County, Kansas (also called the South Fork of the Nemaha River).
In 1882, a local newspaper summarized: "Turkey Creek, a live, impetuous stream, meanders at will through the place seemingly priding itself on its independence in designating its own path, regardless of the points on the compass, or the predominating requirements of this expeditious age in economizing time and space by taking air line courses."