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Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)

Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)

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Not to be confused with Muddy Run (West Branch Susquehanna River).

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

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]
    Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)
  4. [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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