[4] It continues heading west before passing briefly into Coal Township and turning north.

As the creek passes through Knoebels Amusement Resort, it picks up its tributary Mugser Run.

[10] The creek is dammed in four locations for the purpose of providing water to people in Shamokin and Mount Carmel.

[12] In October and November 2007, volunteers from the Roaring Creek Valley Conservation Association performed a visual assessment of the quality of South Branch Roaring Creek, ranking seven attributes on a scale of 0 to 4, with 4 being highest-quality, thus meaning that 28 would be a perfect score.

[12] In the summer of 2006, the water temperature in South Branch Roaring Creek ranged from 17.6 °C (63.7 °F) to 22.4 °C (72.3 °F).

[8] The Chemung formation rock beds are exposed near South Branch Roaring Creek.

These included eastern blacknose dace, margined madtoms, and various warm-water fish which had swum into the creek from the reservoirs on it.

[12] The upper reaches of South Branch Roaring Creek have been described as "the best natural habitat in the [Columbia] county".

[16] South Branch Roaring Creek is considered a high-quality cold-water fishery and a Class A wild trout stream.

[12] The microinvertebrates that live at one site in South Branch Roaring Creek include 19 taxa, such as Hydropsychidae and Philopotamidae.

The Hilsenhoff Pollution Tolerance Score of these microinvertebrates range from 0 in two cases to 9 in Turbellaria and 10 in Oligochaeta.

The total algal biomass (as measured in micrograms of chlorophyll per square centimeter) in the creek as of 2006 ranged from 0.9 to 3.81, with an average of 2.07.

[12] In 2003, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources purchased 9000 acres of land along South Branch Roaring Creek.