Noisy Creek Glacier

{{Short description|Glacier in the state of Washington}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Noisy Creek Glacier

| photo = Noisy Creek Glacier.jpg

| photo_caption = Noisy Creek Glacier

| type = Cirque glacier

| location = Whatcom County, Washington, U.S.

| map = USA Washington

| label_position = right

| map_size = 225

| coordinates = {{coord|48|40|21|N|121|31|42|W|region:US-WA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1516025|name=Bacon Peak|accessdate=May 10, 2013}}

| area =

| length = {{convert|.55|mi|abbr=on}}

| thickness =

| terminus = Icefall

| status = Retreating

}}

Noisy Creek Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, {{convert|.50|mi|adj=on}} northwest of Bacon Peak.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Bacon Peak, WA|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.67233&lon=-121.52863&datum=nad83&zoom=4&map=auto&coord=d&mode=pan&size=m|accessdate=May 10, 2013}} Noisy Creek Glacier has retreated and left behind a series of small proglacial lakes.{{cite web|last=Pelto|first=Mauri|title=North Cascade Glacier Terminus Behavior|work=North Cascade Glacier Climate Project|publisher=Nichols College|url=http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/north%20cascade%20glacier%20retreat.htm|accessdate=May 10, 2013}} Noisy Creek Glacier descends from {{convert|6300|to|5500|ft|abbr=on}} and had an area of .58 km² in 1993. A ridge separates Noisy Creek Glacier from Green Lake Glacier to the east. The National Park Service is currently studying Noisy Creek Glacier as part of their glacier monitoring project.{{cite web|title=Glaciers Selected for Monitoring

|work=Glacier Monitoring Program|publisher=National Park Service|url=http://www.nps.gov/noca/naturescience/glacial-mass-balance2.htm|accessdate=May 10, 2013}} Between 1993 (when monitoring began), and 2013 the glacier had lost ~8 m of thickness.{{Cite web |last=Riedel |first=Jon |last2=Larrabee |first2=Michael |date= |title=North Cascades National Park Complex Glacier Mass Balance Monitoring Annual Report, Water Year 2013 |url=https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/594932 |access-date=March 6, 2022 |website=National Park Service}}