The creek then turns west-southwest for several tenths of a mile, crossing Pennsylvania Route 247, receiving an unnamed tributary from the left, and entering Olyphant.

[1] Sterry Creek joins the Lackawanna River 18.98 miles (30.55 km) upriver of its mouth.

It begins to lose flow by the time it reaches the Mid Valley Industrial Park.

There are also deposits of culm and silt from mining operations along the creek's banks and floodplain.

[4] The peak annual discharge of Sterry Creek at its mouth has a 10 percent chance of reaching 320 cubic feet per second.

[5] The peak annual discharge of Sterry Creek at a ponding area upstream of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad crossing has a 10 percent chance of reaching 560 cubic feet per second and a 2 percent chance of reaching 560 cubic feet per second.

[1] The headwaters of Sterry Creek are in the vicinity of the Valley View Business Park and the Moosic Mountain ridgetop barrens.

It is impacted by abandoned mines by the time it reaches the culvert under Pennsylvania Route 247.

This dam is in the creek's upper reaches and impounds a water supply reservoir with an area of 6 acres (2.4 ha).

Debris gathering at culverts on the creek causes it to back of and flood nearby properties and basements.

[8] As of the late 20th century, approximately 10 percent of the watershed of Sterry Creek consists of residential development.

[6] This name appears in Patton's Philadelphia and Suburbs Street and Road Map, which was published in 1984.

[11] A channelization project was carried out on 1 mile (1.6 km) of Sterry Creek by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources in 1990 in Jessup.

[3] Sterry Creek was given a stream ranking of "Low" in the Lackawanna Valley Industrial Highway Project's Environmental Impact Statement in 1992.