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Sleepy Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed August 15, 2011
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of the
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in the
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, belonging to the
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's watershed. The stream rises in Frederick County,
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, and flows through Morgan County,
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before joining the Potomac near the community of
Sleepy Creek Sleepy Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. The s ...
. While
Sleepy Creek Lake Sleepy Creek Lake is a impoundment of the Meadow Branch of Sleepy Creek in Berkeley County, West Virginia, Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The reservoir is located entirely within the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area. ...
is a part of the Sleepy Creek watershed, it is an impoundment of its tributary, Meadow Branch, in
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and not of Sleepy Creek itself.


Course

Sleepy Creek's
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lies north of State Route 127 in Frederick County,
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, near the Hampshire County,
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border at
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. From Frederick County, Sleepy Creek flows north through
Morgan County, West Virginia Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,063. Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. The county was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named i ...
, where it drains into the Potomac at the community of
Sleepy Creek Sleepy Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. The s ...
on the old
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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


Cities and towns along Sleepy Creek

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* Johnsons Mill * New Hope * Omps *
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*
Sleepy Creek Sleepy Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. The s ...
* Smith Crossroads * Spohrs Crossroads * Stotlers Crossroads


See also

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List of West Virginia rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exc ...
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List of Virginia rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ...
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Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in Morgan County, West Virginia, Morgan and Berkeley County, West Virginia, Berkeley Counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. It encompasses , mostly covered with mixed oak and pine forest, a ...


References


External links


Sleepy Creek Watershed Association
{{authority control Rivers of Frederick County, Virginia Rivers of Morgan County, West Virginia Rivers of Virginia Rivers of West Virginia Tributaries of the Potomac River