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

On July 3, 2011, Coal Creek flooded when 5 inches (13 cm) of rain fell in the watershed in less than 90 minutes.

After passing through the reservoir, the creek continues flowing south-southwest for a short distance before turning south-southeast.

After several tenths of a mile, its valley becomes significantly shallower and it turns southeast, entering Plymouth.

[1] Coal Creek joins the Susquehanna River 184.96 miles (297.66 km) upriver of its mouth.

[2] The creek's mouth is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Wilkes-Barre West.

In the early 1900s, another reservoir was present on the creek 0.5 miles (0.80 km) further downstream, at an elevation of 1,100 feet (340 m) above sea level.

Further downstream was Reservoir Number Two, which was at an elevation of 940 feet (290 m) above sea level and held 1,500,000 gallons.

Attracted by this outcrop, Abijah Smith came to Plymouth about 1806, and with his business partner Lewis Hepburn, bought a 75-acre plot (called Lots 45 and 46) on the east side of the creek, intending to mine, ship and sell coal.

Smith floated the ark from Wilkes-Barre to Plymouth, loaded it with about fifty tons of anthracite coal, and shipped it to Columbia, in Lancaster County.

[12] By 1835, the mine belonged to John Ingham (married in 1827 to Abijah Smith's widow), who lost it that year in a Sheriff's sale.

[13] By 1873, the mine was owned by Hendrick B. Wright, and leased to Broderick, Conyngham & Co., operators of the Nottingham Colliery.

[11] During the event, 5 inches (13 cm) or more of rain fell in 90 minutes in the watershed, causing "indescribable damage".

Flooding on the creek in 2011 destroyed the nearby Coal Street and exposed a 100-year-old 36-inch water main.