Meadow Branch

Meadow Branch
Meadow Branch
	Meadow Branch within Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area, downstream of the Sleepy Creek Lake impoundment, August 2016.
	Location of the mouth of Meadow Branch in West Virginia Meadow Branch (the United States)
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Berkeley, Morgan
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	West of Shanghai, Berkeley County
• coordinates	39°26′55″N 78°11′46″W / 39.44861°N 78.19611°W
Mouth	Sleepy Creek
• location	Mount Trimble, Morgan County
• coordinates	39°38′16″N 78°06′57″W / 39.63778°N 78.11583°W
Length	16.7 mi (26.9 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Roaring Run

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.