North Branch Potomac River
| North Branch Potomac River Tributary to Potomac River | |
|---|---|
The North Branch between Cumberland, Maryland, and Ridgeley, West Virginia in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia, Maryland |
| County | Allegany (MD), Garrett (MD), Hampshire (WV), Mineral (WV), Grant (WV), Preston (WV) |
| Cities (WV) | Bayard, Gormania, Piedmont, Keyser |
| Cities (MD) | Kitzmiller, Luke, Westernport, Cumberland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Blackwater River divide |
| • location | about 1 mile northwest of Fairfax, West Virginia |
| • coordinates | 39°11′42.39″N 079°29′21.19″W / 39.1951083°N 79.4892194°W |
| • elevation | 2,960 ft (900 m) |
| Mouth | Potomac River |
• location | about 1 mile east of Green Spring, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 39°31′42.33″N 078°35′15.05″W / 39.5284250°N 78.5875139°W |
• elevation | 525 ft (160 m) |
| Length | 101.27 mi (162.98 km) |
| Basin size | 1,343.04 square miles (3,478.5 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Potomac River |
| • average | 5.13 cu ft/s (0.145 m3/s) at mouth with Potomac River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Potomac River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Potomac River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Laurel Run, Sand Run, Nyedegger Run, Glade Run, Steyer Run, Laurel Run, Crooked Run, Lostland Run, Short Run, Three Forks Run, Stony Hollow, Elklick Run, Folly Run, Laurel Run, Savage River, Georges Creek, Stony Run, Wildcat Hollow, Culvert Hollow, Dry Run, Deep Hollow, Warrior Run, Wills Creek, Collier Run, Mill Run, Seven Springs Run |
| • right | Red Oak Creek, Buffalo Creek, Difficult Creek, Stony River, Maple Run, Abram Creek, Deep Run, Howell Run, Piney Swamp Run, Montgomery Run, Slaughterhouse Run, Powder House Run, Thunderhill Run, New Creek, Willow Run, Ashcabin Run, Koulip Hollow, Buckwheat Hollow, Patterson Creek, Dans Run, Round Bottom Hollow, Kern Hollow, Green Spring Run |
| Waterbodies | Bloomington Lake |
| Bridges | West Kempton Road (x2), Corona Bayard Road, Kitzmiller Road, Masteller Road, WV 46, US 220, Black Oak Road, WV 956, WV 28 Alt, Canal Parkway, Green Spring Road |
The North Branch Potomac River flows from Fairfax Stone in West Virginia to its confluence with the South Branch Potomac River near Green Spring, West Virginia, where it turns into the Potomac River proper.