Roaring Creek (Pennsylvania)
Roaring Creek is a 20.7-mile-long (33.3 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Roaring Creek joins the Susquehanna River between the communities of Catawissa and Danville. Roaring Creek has a difficulty level of 1 to 2 between Slabtown and its mouth. One of Roaring Creek's tributaries is home to four watersheds. The threatened plant species Dodecatheon radicatum is found in the creek's watershed.
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