Muddy Kill

Muddy Kill north of New York State Route 17K

Muddy Kill is a short tributary of the Wallkill River, which runs along its entire length within the Town of Montgomery in Orange County in New York.

It rises about 1.7 kilometers west of Walden in a small unnamed lake and flows initially southwest, before he strikes a roughly southerly direction, and then empty into the Wallkill River. Its mouth is located directly above the Village of Montgomery. The Muddy Kill drains the westerly, low Comfort Hills.

Its course lies largely in a former forest area was cleared for, where currently some land lie fallow and no longer be used for agriculture. Near the mouth of the water flows through a 41 -acre horse breeding, which is owned by the Town now and then crossed by a culvert, the New York State Route 17K.

The name is an English interpretation of the name Modder Kill, as the river was named by the early Dutch settlers. The fertile land in the valley of the creek attracted many early settlers. The houses of some of them still stand today, including some of Abraham Dickerson, Jacob Bookstaver, Moses Mould and William Schmitt. The area is of equal interest to the land developers who wish to sell real estate, on the one hand and for the Open Space Institute on the other hand, the intention is to reduce the environmental impact on the catchment area of ​​the Wallkill River. The Town administration contributed in 2005 to the permanent right of use of the 91 -acre farm Zylstra, one of the largest land positions in the Modder Creek.

Due to the lack of significant forest areas of the watercourse may swell quickly during heavy rain. After a Nor'easter in April 2007, the flood rose so high that the State Route 17K had to be locked to the west of Montgomery for two days.