Sleepy Creek Explained

Sleepy Creek
Pushpin Map:USA West Virginia#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Sleepy Creek in West Virginia
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Virginia, West Virginia
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Frederick, Morgan
Length:44miles
Source1 Location:Near Whitacre, Frederick County, Virginia
Source1 Coordinates:39.3547°N -78.3442°W
Mouth:Potomac River
Mouth Location:Sleepy Creek, Morgan County, West Virginia
Mouth Coordinates:39.6706°N -78.0844°W

Sleepy Creek is a 44adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. The stream rises in Frederick County, Virginia, and flows through Morgan County, West Virginia before joining the Potomac near the community of Sleepy Creek.

While Sleepy Creek Lake is a part of the Sleepy Creek watershed, it is an impoundment of its tributary, Meadow Branch, in Berkeley County, West Virginia and not of Sleepy Creek itself.

Course

Sleepy Creek's source lies north of State Route 127 in Frederick County, Virginia, near the Hampshire County, West Virginia border at Good. From Frederick County, Sleepy Creek flows north through Morgan County, West Virginia, where it drains into the Potomac at the community of Sleepy Creek on the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's mainline.

Tributaries

Tributary streams listed from south (source) to north (mouth).

Bridges

BridgeRouteLocation
CR 38/10 BridgeFish Hatchery Road (CR 38/10)Ridge
Oakland Road BridgeOakland Road (CR 28)Oakland
CR 13 BridgeWinchester Grade Road (CR 13)Smith Crossroads
Smith Crossroads BridgeSpriggs Road (CR 13/1)Smith Crossroads
Johnson's Mill BridgeJohnson's Mill Road (CR 26)Johnsons Mill
CR 8 BridgeHighland Ridge Road (CR 8)Johnsons Mill
WV 9 Sleepy Creek BridgeMartinsburg Road (WV 9)Spohrs Crossroads
Restricted Height BridgeBurnt Mill Road (CR 1/3)Spohrs Crossroads
River Road BridgeRiver Road (CR 1)Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek Railroad BridgeBaltimore and Ohio RailroadSleepy Creek

Cities and towns along Sleepy Creek

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011