Meadow Branch
| Meadow Branch | |
|---|---|
 Meadow Branch withinSleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area,downstream of theSleepy Creek Lakeimpoundment, August 2016. | |
  Location of the mouth of Meadow Branch in West Virginia  Meadow Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| Counties | Berkeley,Morgan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | West ofShanghai,Berkeley County |
| • coordinates | 39°26′55″N78°11′46″W/ 39.44861°N 78.19611°W[1] |
| Mouth | Sleepy Creek |
• location | Mount Trimble,Morgan County |
• coordinates | 39°38′16″N78°06′57″W/ 39.63778°N 78.11583°W[1] |
| Length | 16.7 mi (26.9 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Roaring Run |
Meadow Branchis a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km)[2]tributarystreamofSleepy CreekinWest Virginia'sEastern Panhandleregion. It passes through theSleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area,where it is dammed to form the 205-acre (0.83 km2)Sleepy Creek Lake.
Course
[edit]Meadow Branch's source lies betweenSleepy Creek Mountain(1,905 feet [581 m]) andThird Hill Mountain(2,172 feet [662 m]) near Locks-of-the-Mountain inBerkeley County.Meadow Branch continues between the two mountains northward through theSleepy Creek Wildlife Management Areawhere it joins Roaring Run. Meadow Branch isdammedto formSleepy Creek Lake,a 205-acre (0.83 km2) impoundment. The stream flows intoMorgan Countywhere it meanders through the steep valley created at the northern ends of both Sleepy Creek and Third Hill Mountains. From the valley, Meadow Branch parallelsWest Virginia Route 9and empties intoSleepy Creekin Spruce Pine Hollow.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Meadow Branch".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.RetrievedAugust 7,2016.
- ^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National MapArchived2012-03-29 at theWayback Machine,accessed August 15, 2011
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