Catoctin Creek (Virginia)

Catoctin Creek
Catoctin Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Region	Loudoun County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Waterford
• coordinates	39°12′35″N 77°37′16″W / 39.2098253°N 77.6211015°W
Mouth	Potomac River
• location	Point of Rocks, Maryland
• coordinates	39°16′32″N 77°33′04″W / 39.2756576°N 77.5510994°W
• elevation	217 ft (66 m)
Length	14 mi (23 km)
Basin size	92.54 sq mi (239.7 km2)
Basin features
River system	Potomac River
Tributaries
• left	South Fork Catoctin Creek
• right	North Fork Catoctin Creek

Catoctin Creek is a 14.1-mile-long (22.7 km)^[1] tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia, with a watershed of 59,000 acres (240 km²). Agricultural lands make up 67 percent and forests 30 percent of Catoctin Creek's watershed. It is the main drainage system for the northern Loudoun Valley, including all of the Catoctin Valley.

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011

[NHD-1] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011

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