Jacobs Creek (Youghiogheny River tributary)

Jacobs Creek
Tributary to Youghiogheny River
Creek Falls (Chaintown, PA)
Map of Jacobs Creek mouth location
Map of Jacobs Creek mouth location
Location of Jacobs Creek mouth
Map of Jacobs Creek mouth location
Map of Jacobs Creek mouth location
Jacobs Creek (Youghiogheny River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesWestmoreland, PA, Fayette, PA
CitiesScottdale, PA, Mt. Pleasant, PA
Physical characteristics
SourceGreen Lick Run divide
 • locationabout 1 mile south Bear Rocks, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates40°05′58″N 079°27′02″W / 40.09944°N 79.45056°W / 40.09944; -79.45056[1]
 • elevation2,070 ft (630 m)[2]
MouthYoughiogheny River
 • location
Jacobs Creek, Westmoreland County, PA[3]
 • coordinates
40°07′37″N 79°44′35″W / 40.12694°N 79.74306°W / 40.12694; -79.74306[1]
 • elevation
761 ft (232 m)[3]
Length31.73 mi (51.06 km)[4]
Basin size94.81 square miles (245.6 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationYoughiogheny River
 • average133.11 cu ft/s (3.769 m3/s) at mouth with Youghiogheny River[5]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally east[4]
River systemMonongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftLatta Run
 • rightLaurel Run
Brush Run
Shupe Run
Sherrick Run
Stauffer Run
Meadow Run
Barren Run
WaterbodiesBridgeport Reservoir

Jacobs Creek is a 33.4-mile-long (53.8 km)[6] tributary of the Youghiogheny River beginning in Acme, Pennsylvania and draining at its mouth in the town of Jacobs Creek into the Youghiogheny River. Jacobs Creek is the southwestern border of Westmoreland County and the northwestern border of Fayette County. The area was a major producer of rye whiskey in the decades before Prohibition.[7]

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Jacobs Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Jacobs Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wondrich was invoked but never defined (see the help page).