 The tributaries Sugar Notch Run and Spring Run lose most of their discharge ( 75 % in the case of Spring Run ) when passing over subterranean mine pools . The discharge of the creek is 3 @.@ 39 cubic feet per second . Between 1938 and 1989 , the highest recorded discharge of the creek was 2450 cubic feet per second . This occurred on August 18 , 1955 . The discharge was not higher than 1610 cubic feet per second on any other year during that time period . 
