Warrior Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
It is approximately 3.0 miles (4.8 km) long and flows through Warrior Run, Sugar Notch, and Hanover Township.
[1] Warrior Creek joins the Susquehanna River 183.32 miles (295.02 km) upriver of its mouth.
[3] Warrior Creek lacks any major base flow until downstream of Middle Road.
[4] During several measurements in 1973 and 1974, the discharge of Warrior Creek ranged from 0 to 70 gallons per minute at the outlet of a culvert Middle Road.
[5] During several measurements in 1973 and 1974, the water temperature of Warrior Creek ranged from 0 to 15 °C (32 to 59 °F) at the outlet of a culvert on Middle Road.
[7] The surficial geology in the vicinity of Warrior Creek mainly consists of strip mining land, urban land, a glacial or resedimented till known as Wisconsinan Till, and bedrock consisting of sandstone, shale, coal, and conglomerate.
[6] A concrete culvert bridge carrying State Route 2002 was constructed across Warrior Creek in 1952.
[9] The Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has a permit to discharge stormwater into Warrior Creek during earth-moving activities involving filling in dangerous strip pits.