Editing Overland Park, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Overland-park-map.gif|thumb|right|Location of Overland Park (in yellow) within the Kansas City metropolitan area]]

Overland Park is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of [[Interstate 435]] and [[U.S. Route 69 in Kansas|U.S. Route 69]] immediately east of [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]], the county seat. The city center is roughly {{convert|13|mi|km}} south-southwest of downtown [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref name=KDOT/>

The city lies on the northern edge of the [[Osage Plains]], a few miles south of the [[Kansas River]].<ref name=KDOT>{{cite web | title = 2003-2004 Official Transportation Map | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | year = 2003 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2003-04Mapside.pdf | access-date = December 6, 2011}}</ref> One of the river's tributaries, Turkey Creek, flows northeastward through the extreme northern part of the city. South of Turkey Creek, the majority of the city lies in the watershed of the [[Blue River (Missouri)|Blue River]]. Several of the river's tributaries run east-northeast across the city; from north to south, these include Indian Creek, Tomahawk Creek, and Negro Creek. In the far southern part of the city, two more tributaries, Coffee Creek and Wolf Creek, join to form the main stem of the Blue River itself.<ref name=CountyMap>{{cite web | title = General Highway Map - Johnson County, Kansas | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | date = July 2010 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/county-pdf/johnson.PDF | access-date = December 6, 2011}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|75.37|sqmi|km2|2}} of which {{convert|74.84|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and 0.53&nbsp;square mile (1.38&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is water.<ref name="Census2020" />

Overland Park is a [[principal city]] of the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]], and it borders other communities on all sides. These include [[Kansas City, Kansas]], to the north, [[Mission, Kansas|Mission]] and [[Prairie Village, Kansas|Prairie Village]] to the northeast, [[Leawood, Kansas|Leawood]] to the east, [[Stilwell, Kansas|Stilwell]] to the south, Olathe and [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]] to the west, and [[Shawnee, Kansas|Shawnee]] and [[Merriam, Kansas|Merriam]] to the northwest.<ref name=CountyMap/> Most of Overland Park, specifically the part of it lying north of 159th Street, lies within the area of Johnson County referred to as [[Shawnee Mission, Kansas|Shawnee Mission]].<ref>{{cite web | title = ZIP Code Lookup | publisher = [[United States Postal Service]] | url = http://webapps.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | access-date = May 1, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130508045711/http://webapps.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | archive-date = May 8, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Shawnee Mission Zip Code Map | publisher = MapsZipcode | url = http://www.mapszipcode.com/kansas/shawnee%20mission-zip-code-map | access-date = May 1, 2013}}</ref>

===Climate===
Overland Park lies in the transition zone between North America's [[humid subtropical climate]] and [[humid continental climate]] zones, typically experiencing hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters.<ref>Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L., and McMahon, T. A.: Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1633-1644, doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007, 2007.</ref>
{{Weather box
|location = Overland Park, Kansas
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|Jan high F = 38
|Feb high F = 45
|Mar high F = 56
|Apr high F = 67
|May high F = 76
|Jun high F = 84
|Jul high F = 89
|Aug high F = 88
|Sep high F = 80
|Oct high F = 69
|Nov high F = 54
|Dec high F = 42
|year high F= 66
|Jan low F = 20
|Feb low F = 25
|Mar low F = 35
|Apr low F = 45
|May low F = 55
|Jun low F = 64
|Jul low F = 69
|Aug low F = 67
|Sep low F = 58
|Oct low F = 47
|Nov low F = 35
|Dec low F = 24
|year low F= 45
|Jan record high F =  74
|Feb record high F =  81
|Mar record high F =  85
|Apr record high F =  91
|May record high F = 95
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 114
|Aug record high F = 107
|Sep record high F = 106
|Oct record high F =  98
|Nov record high F =  84
|Dec record high F =  76
|year record high F= 114
|Jan record low F =−18
|Feb record low F =  −12
|Mar record low F = −8
|Apr record low F =  13
|May record low F =  30
|Jun record low F =  43
|Jul record low F =  48
|Aug record low F =  46
|Sep record low F = 30
|Oct record low F =  18
|Nov record low F =  1
|Dec record low F = −22
|year record low F= −22
|precipitation colour = green
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|Mar precipitation inch = 2.74
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.78
|May precipitation inch = 5.41
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|Jul precipitation inch =  4.03
|Aug precipitation inch =  3.56
|Sep precipitation inch =  4.69
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.48
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.97
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.76
|year precipitation inch=40.17
|Jan snow inch = 5.70
|Feb snow inch =  4.00
|Mar snow inch =  2.90
|Apr snow inch =   0.50
|May snow inch =   0
|Jun snow inch =   0
|Jul snow inch =   0
|Aug snow inch =   0
|Sep snow inch =   0
|Oct snow inch =   0.10
|Nov snow inch =  1.10
|Dec snow inch = 3.00
|year snow inch=17.30
|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wunderground.com/intellicast|title=Intellicast &#124; Weather Underground|website=www.wunderground.com}}</ref>}}

===Surrounding cities===
{{Geographic location
|Center    = Overland Park
|North     = [[Kansas City, Kansas]]
|Northeast = [[Mission, Kansas|Mission]]
|East      = [[Prairie Village, Kansas|Prairie Village]]
|Southeast = [[Leawood, Kansas|Leawood]]
|Southwest = [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]]
|West      = [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]]
|Northwest = [[Shawnee, Kansas|Shawnee]]
}}