Brush Creek (Missouri)

Brush Creek is a stream that runs from Johnson County, Kansas through Jackson County, Missouri.

The stream has played a major historic role in the Kansas City metropolitan area.Fact|date=October 2007

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 Boss Thomas Pendergast was a scandal in the 1930s. Fact|date=October 2007

Heavy rainfall in September, 1977 resulted in Brush Creek flooding the Plaza with five to six feet of water.Fact|date=October 2007 Twenty-five people died in the flood and damage exceed $66 million.Fact|date=October 2007

The stream begins near West 80th Street and Lamar Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas and drains to the Blue River (Missouri) at Blue Banks Avenue and Hardesty Avenue in Kansas City.Fact|date=October 2007 It drains 27 square miles.Fact|date=October 2007

References

* [http://www.kcmo.org/pubworks.nsf/web/E8A1E236DD2DE88986257219006634D7?OpenDocument The Brush Creek Flood Protection Project ]
* [http://americancityandcounty.com/mag/government_riverwalk_provide_help/ Riverwalk to provide help with flood control]
* [http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/list.cfm?list=sub&SubjectareaID=27846 Kansas City Public Library Flood Resources]
* [http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/list.cfm?list=sub&SubjectareaID=448 Kansas City Public Library Brush Creek Resources]