[1] The creek flows through Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Columbia counties in Pennsylvania.
[3] The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection considers eleven tributaries of the creek to be Coldwater Fisheries.
[note 2] An additional twelve tributaries are High-Quality Coldwater Fisheries for their entire lengths.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission considers eleven tributaries to be Class A Wild Trout Waters.
The tributaries occupy seven United States Geological Survey quadrangles: Catawissa, Shumans, Nuremberg, Conyngham, Ashland, Shenandoah, and Delano.