Hard Scrabble Creek

{{Short description|Stream in Washington, U.S.}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Hard Scrabble Creek

| name_other = White Eagle Creek

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Washington

| subdivision_type3 = Counties

| subdivision_name3 = Whatcom

| source1 = Steward Mountain

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|48|45|28.41|N|122|15|26.58|W|display=inline}}

| mouth = South Fork Nooksack River

| mouth_location =

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|48|45|35.41|N|122|13|3.57|W|display=inline}}

| length = {{Convert|1.928|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=How's My Waterway? |url=https://mywaterway.epa.gov/waterbody-report/WA_ECOLOGY/WA17110004000710_001_001/2018 |website=US EPA |language=en |date=6 December 2021}}

}}

Hard Scrabble Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington.{{GNIS|1528438}}{{cite web |title=USGS 12210315 HARD SCRABBLE CREEK NEAR VAN ZANDT. WA |url=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory?site_no=12210315 |website=waterdata.usgs.gov}}

The creek flows down off the sides of Stewart Mountain, into the South Fork Nooksack in Van Zandt, Washington, 4.4 miles south of Deming, Washington. The creek has also been known by White Eagle Creek.

The creek has been declared as an "impaired waterbody" by the EPA for low oxygen and temperature, and there are plans in place to restore the creek.

Hard Scrabble Creek, and the accompanying gulch and series of waterfalls,{{GNIS|1528436|Hard Scrabble Falls}} were named in 1860 by a group of settlers.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}