 of sediment per day comes from land classified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as "low-intensity development", per day comes from land classified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as "high-intensity development", and comes from croplands.of sediment from wetlands flows into South Branch Newport Creek each day.The discharge of South Branch Newport Creek at its headwaters ranges from 0.010 to 0.133 cubic feet per second, with an average of 0.052 cubic feet per second.