| Muddy Creek Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Muddy Creek mouthShow map of Pennsylvania Muddy Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) (the United States)Show map of the United States | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Butler Lawrence |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Muddy Creek and Allegheny River |
| • location | about 1 mile southeast of West Sunbury, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°59′39″N 080°10′46″W / 40.99417°N 80.17944°W / 40.99417; -80.17944 |
| • elevation | 1,370 ft (420 m) |
| Mouth | Slippery Rock Creek |
| • location | about 0.5 miles downstream of Kennedy Mill |
| • coordinates | 40°58′48″N 079°52′31″W / 40.98000°N 79.87528°W / 40.98000; -79.87528 |
| • elevation | 1,040 ft (320 m) |
| Length | 20.14 mi (32.41 km) |
| Basin size | 80.66 square miles (208.9 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Slippery Rock Creek |
| • average | 80.66 cu ft/s (2.284 m/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Beaver River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Swamp Run Shannon Run Big Run Bear Run |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Lake Arthur |
| Bridges | Vidic Road, W Sunbury Road, N Beaver Dam Road, Shroyer Mill Road, William Flynn Highway (PA 8), PA 528, W Park Road, I-79, Currie Road, Book Road, US 19 |
Muddy Creek is a tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in Butler and Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The run is 23.2 miles (37.3 km) long, flows generally west, and its watershed is 58.2 square miles (150.7 km) in area. Muddy Creek is the main water source for Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park.
See also
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Muddy Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Muddy Creek Topo Map, Butler County PA (Mount Chestnut Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Muddy Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muddy Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary)
- Shaw, Lewis C. Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams Part II (Water Resources Bulletin No. 16). Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey (1st ed.). Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources. OCLC 17150333.
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