Sleepy Creek

For the unincorporated community in West Virginia, see Sleepy Creek, West Virginia.
Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek is located in West Virginia
Sleepy Creek
Location of the mouth of Sleepy Creek in West Virginia
Sleepy Creek is located in the United States
Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia, West Virginia
CountiesFrederick, Morgan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear Whitacre, Frederick County, Virginia
 • coordinates39°21′17″N 78°20′39″W / 39.35472°N 78.34417°W / 39.35472; -78.34417[1]
MouthPotomac River
 • location
Sleepy Creek, Morgan County, West Virginia
 • coordinates
39°40′14″N 78°05′04″W / 39.67056°N 78.08444°W / 39.67056; -78.08444[1]
Length44 mi (71 km)

Sleepy Creek is a 44.0-mile-long (70.8 km)[2] 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).

  • Bear Garden Run
  • Hands Run
  • Breakneck Run
  • Indian Run
    • South Fork Indian Run
    • Middle Fork Indian Run
    • North Fork Indian Run
  • Rock Gap Run
  • Middle Fork Sleepy Creek
    • Iden Run
  • South Fork Sleepy Creek
    • Merchant Run
  • Mountain Run
  • Yellow Spring Run
  • Meadow Branch

Bridges

Bridge Route Location
CR 38/10 Bridge Fish Hatchery Road (CR 38/10) Ridge
Oakland Road Bridge Oakland Road (CR 28) Oakland
CR 13 Bridge Winchester Grade Road (CR 13) Smith Crossroads
Smith Crossroads Bridge Spriggs Road (CR 13/1) Smith Crossroads
Johnson's Mill Bridge Johnson's Mill Road (CR 26) Johnsons Mill
CR 8 Bridge Highland Ridge Road (CR 8) Johnsons Mill
WV 9 Sleepy Creek Bridge Martinsburg Road (WV 9) Spohrs Crossroads
Restricted Height Bridge Burnt Mill Road (CR 1/3) Spohrs Crossroads
River Road Bridge River Road (CR 1) Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek Railroad Bridge Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Sleepy Creek

Cities and towns along Sleepy Creek

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Sleepy Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011