Brush Creek (Blue River tributary)

Brush Creek
Brush Creek flowing through Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City metropolitan rivers with Brush Creek in the middle
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKansas, Missouri
CityKansas City
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEast Johnson County, Kansas, United States
 • coordinates38°59′04″N 094°39′34″W / 38.98444°N 94.65944°W / 38.98444; -94.65944[1]
 • elevation741 ft (226 m)
MouthBlue River
 • location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
 • coordinates
39°02′20″N 094°31′14″W / 39.03889°N 94.52056°W / 39.03889; -94.52056[1]
 • elevation
222 ft (68 m)[1]
Length10.5 mi (16.9 km), East[2]
Basin features
River systemBlue 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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