Otter Kill
| Otter Kill | |
|---|---|
Otter Kill at Otter Road in Hamptonburgh | |
Otter Kill within the Moodna Creek watershed | |
| Etymology | From the animal of that name |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Hudson Valley |
| County | Orange |
| Towns | Goshen, Hamptonburgh, Blooming Grove |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Goshen Reservoir#2 |
| • location | Town of Goshen |
| • coordinates | 41°22′07″N 74°18′56″W / 41.36861°N 74.31556°W |
| • elevation | 460 ft (140 m) |
| Mouth | Confluence with Cromline Creek at Moodna Creek |
• location | N of Washingtonville |
• coordinates | 41°25′51″N 74°11′41″W / 41.43083°N 74.19472°W |
• elevation | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Moodna Creek |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Black Meadow Creek |
Otter Kill is a 16.0-mile-long (25.7 km) tributary of Moodna Creek that flows through central Orange County, New York, in the United States. Via the Moodna, which it forms at a confluence with Cromline Creek north of the village of Washingtonville, its waters eventually reach the Hudson River.
The Otter Kill flows primarily through rural, undeveloped areas of the towns of Goshen, Hamptonburgh and Blooming Grove. Development pressures in those areas have led the state Department of Environmental Conservation to classify it and a major tributary, Black Meadow Creek, as threatened streams.