Newport Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is in length. Named tributaries of the creek include South Branch Newport Creek. The entire watershed of Newport Creek is considered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to be impaired. Course Newport Creek begins in the community of Glen Lyon. It flows in an east-northeast direction into Luzerne County, not far from some strip mines. The creek parallels the Delaware and Hudson Railroad for some distance before turning north and then northeast to follow the railroad. The creek gets much closer to the strip mines at this point. It continues east, out of Newport Township and into the community of Nanticoke, where the tributary South Branch Newport Creek flows into Newport Creek. Newport Creek then flows through Nanticoke, passing a mountain known as Honey Pot. At this point, the creek turns north and reaches its confluence with the Susquehanna River. Tributaries There are several major tributaries of Newport Creek, including South Branch Newport Creek. South Branch Newport Creek's headwaters are in an area of wetland between Penobscot Mountain and Little Wilkes-Barre Mountain. Other tributaries include UNT 28347, UNT 64681, UNT 28345, and UNT 28346. South Branch Newport Creek also has a tributary known as Reservoir Creek. Middle Branch Newport Creek is also a tributary of Newport Creek, as is North Branch Newport Creek, which has no tributaries. Hydrology In the 1970s, Newport Creek discharged an average of of acid into the Susquehanna River. Most ( per day) came from North Branch Newport Creek. At the headwaters of Newport Creek in Glen Lyon, the daily load of iron is . Downstream of UNT 64681, the iron load in Newport Creek is per day and downstream of UNT 28347, the daily iron load is . Downstream of the Newport Dump Discharge, the load is per day. Downstream of the confluence of South Branch Newport Creek with Newport Creek, there is a daily load of of iron. Downstream of the Susquehanna #7 Mine Discharge, the iron load is and downstream of the Honeypot Discharge, the load is per day. At the headwaters of Newport Creek, the daily manganese load is . Below UNT 64681, the load of manganese is per day and below UNT 28347 the daily load is per day. Below the Newport Dump Discharge, the manganese load is per day. Downstream of