Muddy Creek is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

York County, Pennsylvania York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...

, in the

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.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Muddy Creek, formed by the confluence of the North Branch and the South Branch at the community of Muddy Creek Forks, flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed August 8, 2011 to join the Susquehanna River in the backwater of

Conowingo Reservoir The Conowingo Dam (also Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant, Conowingo Hydroelectric Station) is a large hydroelectric dam in the lower Susquehanna River near the town of Conowingo, Maryland. The medium-height, masonry gravity dam is one of the lar ...

. It is crossed by the

Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad The Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad is a historic Pratt through truss railroad bridge in Lower Chanceford Township and Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1909, and measures about overall ...

in Lower Chanceford Township and

Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania Peach Bottom Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, south of Harrisburg. The population was 4,961 at the 2020 census. Peach Bottom Township was so named on account of peach trees growing near a river bottom. Peach Bottom Nucl ...

. ''Note:'' This includes

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U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Susquehanna River Rivers of York County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub

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