Meadow Branch
| Meadow Branch | |
| Stream | |
 Meadow Branch within Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area, downstream of the Sleepy Creek Lake impoundment, August 2016. | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | West Virginia |
| Counties | Berkeley, Morgan |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Roaring Run |
| Landmark | Sleepy Creek Lake |
| Source | |
| - location | West of Shanghai, Berkeley County |
| - coordinates | 39°26′55″N 78°11′46″W / 39.44861°N 78.19611°W [1] |
| Mouth | Sleepy Creek |
| - location | Mount Trimble, Morgan County |
| - coordinates | 39°38′16″N 78°06′57″W / 39.63778°N 78.11583°WCoordinates: 39°38′16″N 78°06′57″W / 39.63778°N 78.11583°W [1] |
| Length | 16.7 mi (27 km) |
  Location of the mouth of Meadow Branch in West Virginia | |
Meadow Branch is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km)[2] tributary stream of Sleepy Creek in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region. It passes through the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area, where it is dammed to form the 205-acre (0.83 km2) Sleepy Creek Lake.
Course
Meadow Branch's source lies between Sleepy Creek Mountain (1,905 feet [581 m]) and Third Hill Mountain (2,172 feet [662 m]) near Locks-of-the-Mountain in Berkeley County. Meadow Branch continues between the two mountains northward through the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area where it joins Roaring Run. Meadow Branch is dammed to form Sleepy Creek Lake, a 205-acre (0.83 km2) impoundment. The stream flows into Morgan County where it meanders through the steep valley created at the northern ends of both Sleepy Creek and Third Hill Mountains. From the valley, Meadow Branch parallels West Virginia Route 9 and empties into Sleepy Creek in Spruce Pine Hollow.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Meadow Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011