Nonconnah Creek

Nonconnah Creek (2008)

Nonconnah Creek or the Nonconnah Creek Drainage Canal is a 29.7-mile-long (47.8 km)^[1] waterway in southwest Tennessee.

Route description

Nonconnah Creek starts in extreme southeastern Shelby County, Tennessee, near the town of Collierville. From there, it flows westward, forming the southern border of Germantown. The creek continues to flow west through Memphis and through Whitehaven. Nonconnah Creek empties into McKellar Lake, an oxbow of the Mississippi River.

Three major expressways follow practically the entire route: Interstate 55, Interstate 240, and Tennessee State Route 385 (formerly named and still called Nonconnah Parkway).

Drainage basin

The Nonconnah Creek watershed covers parts of two counties in Tennessee (Shelby and Fayette) and two counties in Mississippi (Marshall and Desoto). The creek drains approximately half of the city of Memphis, the rest being drained by the Wolf River.

Flooding

• Mississippi River Flood Map of 1927
• National Weather Service, Hydrologic Prediction Service, Mississippi River
• U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Mississippi River At Memphis, TN (Weather Bureau Gage)Gage Zero: 183.91 Ft, Record High Stage:48.7 Ft. = 232.61' Memphis River Gage Record High in Feet Above Sea Level
• Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA issued Flood Maps
• Photo 35, Year 1927, Looking West from U.S. 61 bridge along the sandbagged levee and Photo 39 February 9, 1937. Looking west at Nonconnah Levee and Florida Street along the sandbagged levee. Photo 40 Nonconnah backwater in the vicinity of Federal Compress & Warehouse Company in South Memphis February 9, 1937.

Greenbelt

The Nonconnah Greenbelt, a proposed system of trails, is currently being planned and constructed. If completed, it would stretch from Collierville to the Mississippi River. Phase I was completed in late 2007. It is located near Collierville near the intersection of TN 385 and Forest Hill Irene Road.^[2]

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 3, 2011
2. ^ Geology: Nonconnah Greenbelt Dedication Ceremony