| Brush Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USACE_Brush_Creek_Kansas_City.jpg) Brush Creek flowing through Kansas City, Missouri | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Kc-rivers.png) Kansas City metropolitan rivers with Brush Creek in the middle | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas, Missouri |
| City | Kansas City |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | East Johnson County, Kansas, United States |
| • coordinates | 38°59′04″N 094°39′34″W / 38.98444°N 94.65944°W[1] |
| • elevation | 741 ft (226 m) |
| Mouth | Blue River |
• location | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
• coordinates | 39°02′20″N 094°31′14″W / 39.03889°N 94.52056°W[1] |
• elevation | 222 ft (68 m)[1] |
| Length | 10.5 mi (16.9 km), East[2] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Blue River |
Brush Creek is a 10.5-mile-long (16.9 km)[2] stream that runs from Johnson County, Kansas, through Jackson County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Blue River.
Brush Creek begins near West 80th Street and Lamar Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas, and drains to the Blue River at Blue Banks Avenue and Hardesty Avenue in Kansas City.[2]
- ^ a b c "Brush Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1978-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ a b c 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