Meadow Branch

River in West Virginia, United States
39°26′55″N 78°11′46″W / 39.44861°N 78.19611°W / 39.44861; -78.19611[1] MouthSleepy Creek
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Mount Trimble, Morgan County
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39°38′16″N 78°06′57″W / 39.63778°N 78.11583°W / 39.63778; -78.11583[1]Length16.7 mi (26.9 km)Basin featuresTributaries  • rightRoaring Run

Meadow Branch is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km)[2] tributary stream of Sleepy Creek in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region. It passes through the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area, where it is dammed to form the 205-acre (0.83 km2) Sleepy Creek Lake.

Course

Meadow Branch's source lies between Sleepy Creek Mountain (1,905 feet [581 m]) and Third Hill Mountain (2,172 feet [662 m]) near Locks-of-the-Mountain in Berkeley County. Meadow Branch continues between the two mountains northward through the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area where it joins Roaring Run. Meadow Branch is dammed to form Sleepy Creek Lake, a 205-acre (0.83 km2) impoundment. The stream flows into Morgan County where it meanders through the steep valley created at the northern ends of both Sleepy Creek and Third Hill Mountains. From the valley, Meadow Branch parallels West Virginia Route 9 and empties into Sleepy Creek in Spruce Pine Hollow.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Meadow Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011

External links

  • Spruce Pine Hollow on the Washington Heritage Trail
  • West Virginia Rivers Coalition
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