Wares Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Bradenton |
• coordinates | 27°28′38″N 82°34′41″W / 27.47722°N 82.57806°W [1] |
Mouth | Manatee River |
• location | Palmetto |
• coordinates | 27°30′09″N 82°34′41″W / 27.50250°N 82.57806°W [1] |
Length | 5 miles (8.0 km) |
Wares Creek is a 5-mile-long (8.0 km) stream in Manatee County, Florida. The stream drains into the Manatee River. [2] The creek's name is used by the Wares Creek neighborhood along its downstream path near downtown Bradenton. Neighborhood association activities have included a cleanup of the creek. A canoe trail was proposed alongside it. [3] The Wares Creek Bridge along Manatee Avenue crosses Wares Creek. [4]
The name's origin comes from Elbridge Ware who moved down to the area from Tallahassee with his wife in 1845. [3] Ware's home was destroyed in a hurricane the following year resulting in the Ware's family to move back to Tallahassee.
In 2011, money was allocated dredge the creek for flood control. [5]
Approximately 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L; 67,000 imp gal) of wastewater entered the creek in 2019 when a sewer main broke. [6] [7]