Muddy Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) explained

Muddy Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Muddy Creek mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Butler
Lawrence
Length:20.14miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Slippery Rock Creek
Discharge1 Avg:80.66cuft/s at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[2]
Source1:divide between Muddy Creek and Allegheny River
Source1 Location:about 1 mile southeast of West Sunbury, Pennsylvania[3]
Source1 Coordinates:40.9942°N -80.1794°W[4]
Source1 Elevation:1370feet
Mouth:Slippery Rock Creek
Mouth Location:about 0.5 miles downstream of Kennedy Mill
Mouth Coordinates:40.98°N -79.8753°W
Mouth Elevation:1040feet
Progression:Slippery Rock CreekConnoquenessing CreekBeaver RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:Beaver River
Tributaries Left:Swamp Run
Shannon Run
Big Run
Bear Run
Tributaries 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 23.2miles long, flows generally west, and its watershed is 58.2sqmi in area.[5] Muddy Creek is the main water source for Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park.

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References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 28 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Muddy Creek Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 28 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Muddy Creek Topo Map, Butler County PA (Mount Chestnut Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 28 July 2019 . en.
  4. Web site: GNIS Detail - Muddy Creek . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 28 July 2019.
  5. Book: Shaw, Lewis C. . Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey . Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams Part II (Water Resources Bulletin No. 16) . 1st . Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources . 17150333 . Harrisburg, PA .