title: North Potrock Run
text: # North Potrock Run
  
  North Potrock Run is a 2.92 mi (4.70 km) long 1st order tributary to Cross Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Conns Run
  
  ## Course
  
  North Potrock Run rises about 1 mile southeast of Mechling Hill, in Brooke County, West Virginia and then flows south-southwest to join Cross Creek about 1 mile east of Louise, West Virginia.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  North Potrock Run drains 1.75 square miles (4.5 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 40.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 313.90, and is about 78% forested.
  
  