title: Barren Run (Jacobs Creek tributary)
text: # Barren Run (Jacobs Creek tributary)
  
  Barren Run is a 5.63 mi (9.06 km) long 2nd order tributary to Jacobs Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Barnes Run
  
  ## Course
  
  Barren Run rises about 0.5 miles west-northwest of Mendon, Pennsylvania, and then flows southwest to join Jacobs Creek about 0.5 miles southeast of Jacobs Creek.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Barren Run drains 10.49 square miles (27.2 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 41.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 340.38, and is about 58% forested.
  
  