Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)

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Muddy Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in York County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [1]

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Muddy Creek, formed by the confluence of the 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km) [2] North Branch and the 10.3-mile-long (16.6 km) [2] South Branch at the community of Muddy Creek Forks, flows for 17.2 miles (27.7 km) [3] [2] to join the Susquehanna River in the backwater of Conowingo Reservoir. [1]

It is crossed by the Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad in Lower Chanceford Township and Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN   0-9749692-0-6
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)
  4. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Thomas N. Shaffer (June 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.

Coordinates: 39°47′24″N76°17′58″W / 39.79000°N 76.29944°W / 39.79000; -76.29944