Jacobs Creek (Youghiogheny River tributary)
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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]
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Jacobs Creek Tributary to Youghiogheny River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
Counties | Westmoreland, PA, Fayette, PA |
Cities | Scottdale, PA, Mt. Pleasant, PA |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Green Lick Run divide |
• location | about 1 mile south Bear Rocks, Pennsylvania[1] |
• coordinates | 40°05′58″N 079°27′02″W[2] |
• elevation | 2,070 ft (630 m)[1] |
Mouth | Youghiogheny River |
• location | Jacobs Creek, Westmoreland County, PA[3] |
• coordinates | 40°07′37″N 79°44′35″W[2] |
• elevation | 761 ft (232 m)[3] |
Length | 31.73 mi (51.06 km)[4] |
Basin size | 94.81 square miles (245.6 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Youghiogheny River |
• average | 133.11 cu ft/s (3.769 m3/s) at mouth with Youghiogheny River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally east[4] |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Latta Run |
• right | Laurel Run Brush Run Shupe Run Sherrick Run Stauffer Run Meadow Run Barren Run |
Waterbodies | Bridgeport Reservoir |
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