Brush Creek at Ward Parkway - Kansas City

The past week

What floods at each level

• 54.3 ft

  Flood waters reach the Pembroke High School gymnasium. Many other roads, bridges, homes, and businesses along the creek are flooded.

• 52 ft

  Flooding begins to threaten life and propery at Main and Brookside, Rockhill Road, and Elmwood Avenue.

• 50 ft

  Water overtops the Ward Parkway bridge. Ward Parkway and Shawnee Mission Parkway near the Ward Parkway bridge are under water. In addition, other bridges and roads upstream and downstream of the Plaza Federal Flood Control Project are flooded.

• 48 ft

  Ward Parkway and Shawnee Mission Parkway near the Ward Parkway bridge are flooded. In addition, the area along the creek between Belleview Avenue and Rockwell begins to flood.

• 46 ft

  Ward Parkway and Shawnee Mission Parkway near the Ward Parkway bridge begin to flood.

Highest crests on record

When the water runs low

• 35.3

  Creek approaches zero flow.