Wares Creek

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]

Wares Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bradenton
• coordinates	27°28′38″N 82°34′41″W[1]
Mouth	Manatee River
• location	Palmetto
• coordinates	27°30′09″N 82°34′41″W[1]
Length	5 miles (8.0 km)

History

Wares Creek as seen in a August 1941 photo taken by the United States Army Air Forces.

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]

References

1. "Wares Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 28, 1987. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
2. "Wares Creek: Overview & Current Conditions - Manatee.WaterAtlas.org". manatee.wateratlas.usf.edu.
3. White, Dale (October 2, 2008). "The revival of Ware's Creek neighborhood". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
4. "Wares Creek Bridge on Manatee Avenue - Bradenton, Florida 63". Florida Memory. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
5. "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Awards Wares Creek Dredging Contract". The Bradenton Times. April 23, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
6. "Around 80,000 gallons of wastewater enters Wares Creek in Bradenton following force main break". WWSB.
7. "Massive wad of baby wipes clogs Bradenton sewage pipe, causing spill". FOX13news.