title: Jacobs Creek (Monongahela River tributary)
text: # Jacobs Creek (Monongahela River tributary)
  
  Jacobs Creek is a 5.62 mi (9.04 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Monongahela River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  
  ## Course
  
  Jacobs Creek rises about 1.5 miles northwest of Shoaf, Pennsylvania, and then flows southwest to join the Monongahela River at Martin.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Jacobs Creek drains 7.54 square miles (19.5 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 42.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 340.19, and is about 58% forested.
  
  