| Blue River Big Blue River | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Byrams-ford-blue.jpg) Blue River at Byram's Ford where the Battle of Byram's Ford (a skirmish of the Battle of Westport) was fought by Swope Park | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Kc-rivers.png) Blue River in the Kansas City metropolitan area | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas, Missouri |
| City | Kansas City |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Coffee Creek and Wolf Creek |
| • location | East Johnson County, Kansas, United States |
| • coordinates | 38°48′31″N 094°40′50″W / 38.80861°N 94.68056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 904 ft (276 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Missouri River |
• location | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
• coordinates | 39°07′44″N 094°28′07″W / 39.12889°N 94.46861°W |
• elevation | 725 ft (221 m)[1] |
| Length | 39 mi (63 km), Northeast[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 253.76 cu ft/s (7.186 m3/s) (estimate)[4] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Missouri River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Brush Creek |
The Blue River (also known as the Big Blue River) is a 39.8-mile-long (64.1 km)[3] stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri, in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County, Kansas at the confluence of Coffee Creek and Wolf Creek near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri. Crossing the city of Kansas City, Missouri, it empties into the Missouri River near the border between Kansas City and Independence, Missouri.
Its major tributaries are Brush Creek, Tomahawk Creek, and Indian Creek.
- ^ a b "Blue River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1978-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ The National Map elevation query for coordinates given in cited GNIS record 479576, "The National Map, Advanced Viewer". Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 31, 2011
- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Blue River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.