Potomac Creek

River in Virginia, United States

Potomac Creek

Accokeek Creek entering Potomac Creek; Potomac River in background

Location
Country| United States
State| Virginia
Counties| King George and Stafford
Physical characteristics
Mouth|

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| Potomac River

• elevation

| 0 feet (0 m)
Length| 16.7 miles (26.9 km)

Potomac Creek is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km)[1] tidal tributary of the Potomac River in King George and Stafford counties, Virginia. Potomac Creek's source lies between the communities of Glendie and Paynes Corner in Stafford County. It empties into the Potomac River at Marlboro Point. Potomac Creek forms as a dam to form Abel Lake.

## Tributaries

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Tributary streams are listed from source to mouth.

* Long Branch
* Beaverdam Run
* Swamp Branch
* Accokeek Creek

## See also

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* Potomac Creek Bridge
* Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve
* List of rivers of Virginia

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011

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Potomac River system

* Cities and towns
* Bridges
* Islands
* Tributaries
* Variant names
* District of Columbia
* Maryland
* Pennsylvania
* Virginia
* West Virginia
* Streams shown as: Major tributaries
* subtributaries
* (subsubtributaries)
* (subsubsubtributaries)

Upper Potomac River

* North Branch Potomac River
* South Branch Potomac River
* Town Creek
* Little Cacapon River
* North Fork Little Cacapon River
* South Fork Little Cacapon River
* Fifteenmile Creek
* Sideling Hill Creek
* Cacapon River
* Lost River
* Trout Run
* Capon Springs Run
* Dillons Run
* Edwards Run
* Mill Branch
* North River
* (Grassy Lick Run)
* (Tearcoat Creek)
* (Bearwallow Creek)
* Sir Johns Run
* Warm Spring Run
* Tonoloway Creek
* Little Tonoloway Creek
* Sleepy Creek
* Meadow Branch
* Licking Creek
* Cherry Run
* Back Creek
* Hogue Creek
* Isaacs Creek
* Tilhance Creek
* Little Conococheague Creek
* Conococheague Creek
* Back Creek
* Opequon Creek
* Abrams Creek
* Mill Creek
* Middle Creek
* Tuscarora Creek (West Virginia)

Lower Potomac River

* Antietam Creek
* Shenandoah River
* Little Catoctin Creek
* Catoctin Creek (Virginia)
* Catoctin Creek (Maryland)
* Tuscarora Creek (Maryland)
* Monocacy River
* Rock Creek
* Marsh Creek
* Alloway Creek
* Piney Creek
* Toms Creek
* (Middle Creek)
* Double Pipe Creek
* (Big Pipe Creek)
* (Little Pipe Creek)
* Owens Creek
* Big Hunting Creek
* Tuscarora Creek
* Carroll Creek
* Linganore Creek
* Israel Creek
* Bush Creek
* Ballenger Creek
* Bennett Creek
* Little Monocacy River
* Goose Creek
* Little River
* Broad Run (Virginia)
* Sugarland Run
* Broad Run (Maryland)
* Seneca Creek
* Dry Seneca Creek
* Little Seneca Creek
* (Tenmile Creek)
* Great Seneca Creek
* Muddy Branch
* Watts Branch
* Difficult Run
* Rock Run
* Dead Run
* Cabin John Creek
* Little Falls Branch

Tidal Potomac River

* Pimmit Run
* Gulf Branch
* Donaldson Run
* Maddox Branch
* Windy Run
* Spout Run
* Foundry Branch
* Rock Creek
* Piney Branch
* Boundary Channel
* Tiber Creek
* Rocky Run
* Washington Channel
* Anacostia River
* Pope Branch
* Watts Branch
* Hickey Run
* Northwest Branch
* Sligo Creek
* Northeast Branch
* Paint Branch
* Four Mile Run
* Oxon Creek
* Hunting Creek
* Cameron Run
* Broad Creek
* Henson Creek
* Swan Creek
* Piscataway Creek
* Little Hunting Creek
* Dogue Creek
* Accotink Creek
* Daniels Run
* Pohick Creek
* Pomonkey Creek
* Occoquan River
* Bull Run
* Broad Run
* Cedar Run
* Neabsco Creek
* Powells Creek
* Mattawoman Creek
* Chicamuxen Creek
* Quantico Creek
* Little Creek
* Chopawamsic Creek
* Tank Creek
* Aquia Creek
* Potomac Creek
* Accokeek Creek
* Nanjemoy Creek
* Port Tobacco River
* Popes Creek (Maryland)
* Gambo Creek
* Piccowaxen Creek
* Upper Machodoc Creek
* Cuckold Creek
* Wicomico River
* Monroe Creek
* Mattox Creek
* Popes Creek (Virginia)
* St. Marys River
* Yeocomico River
* Coan River
* Hull Creek

North Branch Potomac River

* Stony River
* Abram Creek
* Savage River
* Georges Creek
* Laurel Run
* New Creek
* Limestone Run
* Warrior Run
* Wills Creek
* Brush Creek
* Little Wills Creek
* Evitts Creek
* Patterson Creek
* Mill Creek
* Dans Run
* Green Spring Run

South Branch Potomac River

* North Fork South Branch Potomac River
* Laurel Fork
* Mill Creek
* Seneca Creek
* South Fork South Branch Potomac River
* Kettle Creek
* Lunice Creek
* Mill Run
* Mill Creek
* Big Run
* Buffalo Creek

Shenandoah River

* North Fork Shenandoah River
* Cedar Creek
* Smith Creek
* South Fork Shenandoah River
* North River
* (Middle River)
* South River

Lakes and reservoirs

* Lake Accotink
* Lake Anne
* Lake Artemesia
* Lake Bernard Frank
* Lake Braddock
* Breckenridge Reservoir
* Brushy Fork Lake
* Burke Lake
* Dalecarlia Reservoir
* Georgetown Reservoir
* Jennings Randolph Lake
* Kingman Lake
* Little Seneca Lake
* McMillan Reservoir
* Mount Storm Lake
* Lake Needwood
* Sleepy Creek Lake
* Stony River Reservoir
* Tidal Basin
* Trout Pond
* Warden Lake

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