South Branch Newport Creek

The creek flows east for some distance before gradually turning north slightly west of the community of Alden.

[2] At the headwaters of South Branch Newport Creek, the daily load of iron is 0.07 pounds (0.032 kg).

Downstream of UNT[note 1] 28346, the daily iron load is 16.81 pounds (7.62 kg) per day and the concentration is 3.34 milligrams per liter.

The daily aluminum load is 13.04 pounds (5.91 kg) upstream of the creek's mouth, where the concentration is 1.09 milligrams per liter.

[2] The daily load of acidity at the headwaters of South Branch Newport Creek is 9.43 pounds (4.28 kg).

[2] The concentration of alkalinity at the headwaters of South Branch Newport Creek is 2.3 milligrams per liter and the load is 0.64 pounds (0.29 kg) per day.

The alkalinity concentration upstream of the creek's mouth is 9.1 milligrams per liter and the daily load is 108.78 pounds (49.34 kg).

0.493 pounds (0.224 kg) of sediment from wetlands flows into South Branch Newport Creek each day.

[2] South Branch Newport Creek is entirely in the ridge and valley geographical region of the Appalachian Mountains.

[2] 79 percent of the rock in the watershed of South Branch Newport Creek belongs to the Llwellyn Formation.

[2] The Llwellyn Formation occupies all of the northern and central reaches of the South Branch Newport Creek watershed.

[4] South of the middle reaches of the tributary Reservoir Creek, all of the soil belongs to the Lackawanna-Arnot-Morris series.

[4] The average annual rainfall in the South Branch Newport Creek watershed is 43.5 inches (110 cm).