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Hell For Certain, Kentucky
Middle Fork Kentucky River is a river in Kentucky in the United States. It is a fork (river), fork of the Kentucky River that it joins just upstream of Beattyville, Kentucky, Beattyville. Basin and hydrology Floods The Kentucky River basin, including Middle Fork and its tributaries, suffered a major flood in January and February 1957. Peak flood levels were higher by at Buckhorn, Kentucky, Buckhorn and at Tallega, Kentucky, Tallega than the previous record peak levels in 1939. One person was drowned in Cutshin Creek. Most of the urban damage was at Buckhorn, with properties under up to of water, and at Hyden. In Bockhorn 10 homes were destroyed, and in Hyden 30% of the homes were damaged in some way. 20 commercial buildings in Hyden were flooded, and the local lumber company had a lot of its stock swept away. Tributaries and other locations *Its major tributaries include: ** Hell-for-Certain Creek downstream of Hyden at altitude , mouth at headwaters at . *** Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky River
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. The river and its tributaries drain much of eastern and central Kentucky, passing through the Eastern Coalfield, the Cumberland Mountains, and the Bluegrass region.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 13, 2011 Its watershed encompasses about , and it supplies drinking water to about one-sixth of the population of the state. The river is no longer navigable above Lock 4 at Frankfort, as concrete bulkheads have been poured behind the upper lock gates of Locks 5–14 to strengthen the dam structures. All fourteen dams are managed by the state-run Kentucky River Authority. The primary importance of the locks today is to maintain a pool that allows the city of Lexington to draw its drinking water from the river. Although the Lexington area receives well over of precipitation annually, the limestone karst geology of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
