Muddy Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary)

Muddy Creek Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Butler Lawrence
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Muddy Creek and Allegheny River
• location	about 1 mile southeast of West Sunbury, Pennsylvania[2]
• coordinates	40°59′39″N 080°10′46″W[1]
• elevation	1,370 ft (420 m)[2]
Mouth	Slippery Rock Creek
• location	about 0.5 miles downstream of Kennedy Mill[2]
• coordinates	40°58′48″N 079°52′31″W[1]
• elevation	1,040 ft (320 m)[2]
Length	20.14 mi (32.41 km)[3]
Basin size	80.66 square miles (208.9 km^2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Slippery Rock Creek
• average	80.66 cu ft/s (2.284 m^3/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[4]
Basin features
Progression	Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	Beaver River
Tributaries
• left	Swamp Run Shannon Run Big Run Bear Run
• 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.^[5] The run is 23.2 miles (37.3 km) long, flows generally west, and its watershed is 58.2 square miles (150.7 km²) in area.^[6] Muddy Creek is the main water source for Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park.

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References

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