Meadow Branch facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Meadow Branch
Meadow Branch within Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area, downstream of the Sleepy Creek Lake impoundment, August 2016.
Show map of West Virginia Show map of the United States Location of the mouth of Meadow Branch in West Virginia
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Berkeley, Morgan
Physical characteristics
Main source	West of Shanghai, Berkeley County 39°26′55″N 78°11′46″W / 39.44861°N 78.19611°W / 39.44861; -78.19611
River mouth	Sleepy Creek Mount Trimble, Morgan County 39°38′16″N 78°06′57″W / 39.63778°N 78.11583°W / 39.63778; -78.11583
Length	16.7 mi (26.9 km)
Basin features
Tributaries	Right: Roaring Run

Meadow Branch is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) 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.