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Brush Creek (Blue River tributary)

Field	Value
name	Brush Creek
image	USACE Brush Creek Kansas City.jpg
image_caption	Brush Creek flowing through Kansas City, Missouri
map	Kc-rivers.png
map_caption	Kansas City metropolitan rivers with Brush Creek in the middle
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Kansas, Missouri
subdivision_type5	City
subdivision_name5	Kansas City
length	10.5 mi, East
source1_location	East Johnson County, Kansas, United States
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	741 ft
mouth	Blue River
mouth_location	Kansas City, Missouri, United States
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	222 ft
river_system	Blue River

Brush Creek is a 10.5 mi 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.

History

Brush Creek was named for the brush once lining its course.

The Battle of Westport, the biggest battle in the American Civil War west of the Mississippi River, was fought on either side of it.

The Country Club Plaza is built on the banks of the creek. The expansive lawn of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art runs from the steps of the museum down to the creek.

Attempts to control flooding on the creek by paving it with concrete produced by companies owned by Political Boss Thomas Pendergast was a scandal in the 1930s.

Heavy rainfall in September 1977 resulted in Brush Creek flooding the Plaza with 5 to of water. The next stream westward, Turkey Creek on the Kansas side, also flooded at the same time. Twenty-five people died in the flood, and damage exceeded $66 million.

Today

Kansas City, Missouri, has a combined storm water and sanitary sewer system. During heavy rains, sewage from the sanitary sewer can overflow into the storm sewer and appear in local waterways. Several waterways, including Brush Creek, are posted with signs discouraging contact with the water after rain. Because of this, one local nickname for this stream is "Flush Creek". In 2010, as part of a settlement with the EPA, Kansas City started a 25-year, $2.5 billion project to address this issue and to improve the city's sanitary and storm sewers.

References

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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed May 31, 2011)
"Jackson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri.
(April 23, 2012). "50 things every Kansas Citian should know". [[The Kansas City Star]].
Rex C. Buchanan & James R. McCauley, ''Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to Its Geology and Landmarks,'' 1987, University Press of Kansas.
"Flush Creek Watershed Moment!!!".
"Joco dumps sewage in Flush Creek : BlogKC".
(18 May 2010). "Kansas City, Missouri, to Spend $2.5 Billion to Eliminate Sewer Overflows".

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