South Branch Newport Creek's confluence with Newport Creek, the daily load of manganese is . Below the Susquehanna #7 Mine Discharge, the load is per day and below the Honeypot Discharge it is per day. At Newport Creek's source, the daily load of aluminum is . Downstream of UNT 64681 and UNT 28347, the daily load of aluminum is and , respectively. Below the Newport Dump discharge, the aluminum load is . Downstream of the mouth of South Branch Newport Creek, the load is per day. Below the Susquehanna #7 Mine Discharge, the load is per day and below the Honeypot Discharge it is per day. The concentration of dissolved oxygen at the headwaters of Newport Creek ranges from 4.7 to 110.0 milligrams per liter. The pH in this location ranges from 5.8 to 7.6 and the concentration of alkalinity ranges from 2 to 25 milligrams per liter. The concentration of sulfates ranges from 6.4 to 24 milligrams per liter. The sulfate concentration in the waters of the Newport Creek watershed was 340 parts per million in 1974. In the South Branch Newport Creek watershed, the daily load of sediment is per day. Upstream of South Branch Newport Creek, the discharge of Newport Creek ranges from 0.175 to 8.2 cubic feet per second, with an average of 1.8 cubic feet per second. The 25th percentile is 0.7 cubic feet per second, the 50th percentile is 2.0 cubic feet per second, and the 75th percentile is 3.9 cubic feet per second. Downstream of South Branch Newport Creek, the discharge ranges from 0.428 to 71 cubic feet per second, with an average of 5.6 cubic feet per second. The 25th percentile is 1.6 cubic feet per second, the 50th percentile is 3.0 cubic feet per second, and the 75th percentile is 5.3 cubic feet per second. Newport Creek was described as "a stream of moderate volume" in 1913. Geology, geography, and climate The watershed of Newport Creek is in the Allegheny Mountain section of the ridge and valley geological region. The creek's headwaters are or higher in elevation than the mouth. The lowest elevation in the watershed is at the creek's confluence with the Susquehanna River and the highest elevation is on Penobscot Mountain. Little Wilkes-Barre Mountain is found in the southern part of the watershed. Most of the Newport Creek watershed is in the Coal Region. There are glaciofluvial deposits from