[2] The Creek passes through Jack Roper Reserve, a picturesque lake and Melbourne Water flood mitigation retention basin, and one of City of Hume's most popular family parks.

[3] The retarding basin was constructed in 1964 to create the lake with a storage volume of 382 million litres.

[4] Jack Roper Reserve is one of three flood mitigation basins in the creek's urban catchment.

Increased urban consolidation has added to 100-year flash flooding risk along the course of Merlynston Creek, according to the State Emergency Service(SES).

The State Emergency Services says flooding has occurred along the creek path through North Coburg historically in 1891, 1916, 1934, 1954, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1989, 2003, and 2011.