Muddy Kill
Muddy Kill Modder Kill | |
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Montgomery | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Unnamed pond off Albany Post Road |
• coordinates | 41°34′04″N 74°13′31″W / 41.56778°N 74.22528°W |
• elevation | 400 ft (120 m) |
Mouth | Wallkill River |
• coordinates | 41°31′35″N 74°15′22″W / 41.52639°N 74.25611°W |
• elevation | 340 ft (100 m) |
Muddy Kill is a 4.2-mile-long (6.8 km)
Its course takes it mostly through areas cleared for agriculture, although not all are presently cultivated. Near its mouth it passes through a large horse farm, and then once it runs through a culvert under NY 17K it is within 102 acres (41 ha) recently acquired and developed by the town as Benedict Farm Park. It drains the low-lying Comfort Hills to the west.
The name is an English interpretation of Modder
With little significant woodland in its valley, the creek can rise quickly when heavy rains fall. After the
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ "Town of Montgomery". History of Orange County. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-20. at American Genealogy and History Project.
- ^ "2005 Annual Report" (PDF).[permanent dead link], Open Space Institute.
- Times-Herald Record. 2007-04-17. Retrieved 2007-07-20.