Black Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

The creek and the surrounding areas were the subject of a joint study by several federal and state organizations in the 1960s.

It flows west-northwest for nearly a mile, passing through a large pond or small lake, before turning north for several hundred feet.

The creek then turns west for a short distance and enters a broader and much shallower valley before receiving an unnamed tributary from the right.

The creek then turns west for a few tenths of a mile, following the border of Mocanaqua to its confluence with the Susquehanna River.

[1] Black Creek joins the Susquehanna River 171.90 miles (276.65 km) upstream of its mouth.

The other was referred to as Turkey Pond Creek and was sometimes nearly dry, but could have a substantial flow during spring rains.

It used to drain an area between Turtle Creek and the Susquehanna River, but now loses its flow to underground mines via broken bedrock.

[5] Anions in the waters of the Black Creek drainage basin include sulfate and bicarbonate.

The concentration of manganese ions in the waters can be over 100 milligrams per liter and calcium also occurs in groundwater in the watershed.

[5] Barium occurs in the water of the Black Creek watershed, typically at concentrations of less than 0.07 milligrams per liter.

Small amounts (less than 0.01 milligrams per liter) of vanadium, chromium, and molybdenum also occur in the water.

[11] The concentration of chloride ions in the watershed of Black Creek ranges from 0 to 14 milligrams per liter.

At the United States Weather Bureau station in Wilkes-Barre, the highest recorded temperature between 1945 and 1966 was 101 °F (38 °C) and the lowest was −15 °F (−26 °C).

[1] The lowest elevations in the watershed are approximately 500 feet (150 m) above sea level and they occur near the Susquehanna River.

[15] The watershed of Black Creek is situated at the southwestern end of the Coal Region.

[16] The watershed is also part of a "long, narrow, complexly deformed" synclinorium, with complex folds and faults.

The creek once flowed over a ledge of conglomerate of the Pottsville Formation 2,000 feet (610 m) upstream of its mouth.

[2] The mouth of the creek is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Shickshinny.

[30] Black Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979.

The Glen Alden Corp. then operated it until 1938, at which point underground mining in the watershed stopped.

The purpose of the study was to deal with water pollution due to acid mine drainage.