Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)

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

For other streams in Pennsylvania named Muddy Creek, see Muddy Creek.
Not to be confused with Muddy Run (West Branch Susquehanna River).

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]

See also

References
  1. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  2. 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.


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