West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek begins on Hibbard Mountain in Scott Township.

The creek then turns south for several tenths of a mile, entering Blakely and receiving an unnamed tributary from the right.

[3] A mid-20th-century report estimated that the rate of seepage of water from the surface into mine workings was 8.11 gallons per minute per inch of rain.

The report estimated that the rate of seepage of water from the streambed into mine workings was 15.20 gallons per minute per inch of rain.

[4] In a 2013 study, the electrical conductivity of West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek ranged from 14.00 to 49.50 micro-Siemens per centimeter.

[1] A total of 0.861 square miles (2.23 km2) of the watershed of West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek are in coal measures.

[3] The watershed of West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek as an area of approximately 1.490 square miles (3.86 km2).

[2] West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on January 1, 1990.

The creek was added due to its presence in Patton's Philadelphia and Suburbs Street and Road Map, which was published in 1984.