Map and Chart 188 Series XII, 2009 Geological Survey James C. Cobb, State Geologist and Director Basin LM , LEXINGTON Basin Location Daniel I. Carey Boat Ramp Information—Kentucky River The Kentucky River Basin’s nearly 7,000 square miles in 42 counties contain 16,000 miles of . From a hill in Letcher County 3,250 feet above sea level, Site Name Directions Fee Latitude Longitude the Kentucky River runs down the Eastern Kentucky Field, Knobs, and Bluegrass Regions to the at 420 feet above sea level. Frank Brown ramp Ky. 52 east of Irvine to Ravenna; Ky. 1571 southeast of Ravenna (1 mile) No 37.68165 -83.92963 Irvine ramp Ky. 52 west of Irvine to junction of Ky. 89; ramp on west side of bridge Yes 37.69826 -83.97579 Kentucky and Ohio Rivers Along the way the river washes rocks laid down as sediments over a period of 150 million years—past the 300-million-year-old sandstone, siltstone, shale, and Camp Nelson U.S. 27 north of Lancaster (13.2 miles); at bridge over Kentucky River No 37.76807 -84.61594 coal from the Pennsylvanian to the 450-million-year-old Ordovician limestones in central Kentucky. The oldest rocks exposed at the surface in Kentucky are the Paint Lick ramp Ky. 39 north of Lancaster (13.6 miles) to Giles near mouth of Paint Lick Creek No 37.76841 -84.52542 Camp Nelson limestones at the base of the in central Kentucky. Ky. 1541 ramp Ky. 39 south of Nicholasville past Black Bridge to river; left on Ky. 1541 for 300 yards Yes 37.77026 -84.52539 Hunters Ferry Ky. 39 south of Nicholasville (1 mile); left on Ky. 1541; left on Hunter's Ferry Road No 37.78910 -84.49281 Residents draw about 100 million gallons of water per day from streams and reservoirs in the basin. The Kentucky River’s 14 dams create 9,700 acres of pools Ky. 595 ramp Ky. 52 southwest of Richmond; right on Ky. 1295 to Kirksville; right on Ky. 595 to river Yes 37.79862 -84.48374 with over 100,000 acre-feet of storage for drinking-water supplies. On average, about 5,400 million gallons per day (mgd) flow into the Ohio, but about once every High Bridge Ky. 29 south of Nicholasville through Wilmore to High Bridge Yes 37.82365 -84.72371 10 years, only 9.4 mgd will flow at the mouth for a week. This variability in flow affects water users and life. Valley View ramp (Madison Co.) Ky. 169 north of Richmond to on Kentucky River Yes 37.84700 -84.43497 Valley View ramp (Jessamine Co.) Ky. 169 southeast of Nicholasville to Valley View Ferry (Jessamine-Fayette County line) Yes 37.84769 -84.43614 Man-made lakes cover 8,200 acres: The largest are Herrington, 2,940 acres; Buckhorn, 1,230 acres; and Carr Fork, 710 acres. There are 33,600 acres of Palisade's Adventures U.S. 68 east of Harrodsburg to Kentucky River; on right before crossing river Yes 37.85902 -84.69636 lacustrine and palustrine wetlands in the basin. Across from mouth of Red River U.S. 52 east of Richmond to Waco; left on Ky. 977 to Kentucky River No 37.85208 -84.08079 Merritt Ky. 89 southeast of Winchester (11.2 miles); right on Lamore Ferry Road to Merritt (ferry crossing) Yes 37.85302 -84.07956 YWX 25 More than 1,125 miles of streams in the basin do not fully support designated uses for warm-water aquatic habitat, primary contact recreation, secondary contact Jackson Ferry Ky. 974 southeast of Winchester (6 miles); right on Muddy Creek Road to river No 37.86181 -84.16246 BOONE ¤£ LM KENTON recreation, or fish consumption. Most streams have not been assessed. The percentage of assessed streams not supporting use was: warm-water aquatic habitat Ford ramp Ky. 627 south of Winchester; left on Old Ky. 627; left on Ford-Hampton Road No 37.87653 -84.26095 o Bullock Clays Ferry boat dock U.S. 25 south of Lexington to Clays Ferry; right on Ky. 2328 to Clays Ferry boat ramp Yes 37.88318 -84.34037 -84.75 ")38 (42%); fish consumption (26%); primary contact recreation (46%). More than 335 miles of streams have been declared special use waters: either exceptional Pen YWX Nonesuch Ky. 33 south of Versailles; right on Cummings Ferry Road No 37.89111 -84.78016 Lake waters, or reference reaches. More than 2,075 square miles of the basin have been designated as priority watersheds, impacted by pathogens, nutrients, habitat alterations, siltation, low dissolved oxygen, and metals. Boonesborough State Park I-75 north of Richmond to Ky. 627 exit; north to state park No 37.90161 -84.26643 YWX CrittendenYWX Oregon Road ramp U.S. 127 north of Harrodsburg to Salvisa; right on Oregon Road No 37.91405 -84.82451 YWX YWX 38.75o Fint's ramp U.S. 62 east of Lawrenceburg; right on Ky. 1510 to ramp No 38.03466 -84.83599 05100205390 North , Scott County River Cleanup Clifton Ky. 1964 west of Versailles to Clifton; left onto Buck Run Road (boat ramp before marina) Yes 38.08484 -84.82696 68.42 16 Lee's dock ramp U.S. 127 south of Frankfort; left on Ky. 676; left on Ky. 420 (old Lawrenceburg Road) No 38.17354 -84.87630 «¬ GRANT Boltz Frankfort boat dock ramp Wapping Street in Frankfort behind Paul Sawyier Library No 38.19691 -84.87967 -85.00o Glencoe YWX 1 LakeLM Benson Creek boat ramp U.S. 127 in Frankfort (city limits) to Ky. 1211; turn right on Benson Valley Road No 38.20396 -84.88468 GALLATIN Kentucky River Campgrounds U.S. 127 north of Frankfort (6.5 miles); left on Steele Branch Road Yes 38.28526 -84.86893 The confluence of the Kentucky River with the Ohio River (looking downstream) at the 71 Steele Branch ramp U.S. 127 north of Frankfort (6.5 miles); left on Steele Branch Road to river No 38.29307 -84.87870 Carrollton «¬47 ¨¦§ Dry Carrollton City Park. Photo by Paul Potter, University of . !(1^ YWX Sparta Ridge Still Waters boat ramp U.S. 127 north of Frankfort (10 miles); cross Elkhorn Creek bridge; left to Still Waters Campground Yes 38.31878 -84.85597 YWX Monterey ramp U.S. 127 south of Owenton to Monterey; right on Point of Rock Road; first right below Lock No. 3 Yes 38.41741 -84.87832 CARROLL Six Mile Creek ramp U.S. 421 north of New Castle; right on Ky. 202; right on Ky. 389 to Lockport; left on Lock No. 2 road No 38.43718 -84.96458 !(2 Sanders # 05100205380 Williamstown Lock No. 2 ramp U.S. 421 north of New Castle; right on Ky. 202; right on Ky. 389 to Lockport No 38.43965 -84.96287 05100205410 05100205400 Acknowledgments L&D 1 05100205420 YWX 32.37 YWX Big Twin Creek ramp Ky. 22 west of Owenton to Gratz; north on Ky. 355 to bridge No 38.55151 -84.99868 36.33 87.75 24.94 36 55 36 «¬ Thanks to Terry Hounshell and Meg Smath, «¬ YWXYWX «¬ Data from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. For boat access information throughout the basin, go to kygeonet.ky.gov/kdfwr/viewer.htm. Kentucky Geological Survey, for cartographic Worthville 22 YWX and editorial improvements. Thanks to Kim and YWX «¬ Kent Anness, Kentucky Division of Geographic Kentucky River Bottomland, Estill County 05100205430 75 Information, for base-map data. TRIMBLE ¨¦§ 29.84 05100205355 YWX 40.46 OWEN LM Owenton YWX Kentucky River Lock and Dam 1, Carroll County YWX ^ ¤£25 Elmer YWXYWX ")37 YWX 05100205370 Corinth 05100205350 Davis YWXKentucky 187.07 Lake 12.78 Lake Elk LM o o LM 38.50 LM Lake 38.50 05100205320 CorinthYWX Eagle Cr YWX Gratz YWX 05100205340 YWX ¤£127 34.82 Friends of the Red River periodically leads cleanups of the river. In this photo, 97.44 ")36 volunteers use canoes and kayaks to collect discarded tires from the river for proper disposal. Photo by Russ Miller. o 14 HENRY LMLM# -84.50 ^YWX Monterey Turtles sunbathe at this quiet bend on North Elkhorn Creek in Scott County. Elkhorn New YWX L&D 2 No Child Left Inside 05100205250 LM Creek has some of the best smallmouth bass fishing in the state. Maintaining water Castle # 116.33 River L&D 3 05100205310 LM quality for recreation and wildlife presents special problems in karst regions such as 05100205330 Sadieville 81.19 64.45 YWX central Kentucky. 10 55 32 «¬ «¬ Kentucky River bottomland in Estill County is excellent for growing crops, but is sub- 05100205360 Eminence 421 ¤£ 118.59 ject to seasonal flooding. Photo taken from the new bypass bridge near Irvine by Pleasureville Ancient Kentucky River Deposits, Woodford County John F. Stickney, Kentucky Rural Water Association. YWX LM Karst Hydrology— «¬43 «¬12 SCOTT 05100205300 FRANKLIN LM 05100205290 22.54 LM Stamping 37.69 2 SHELBY Ground 25 YWX ¤£ ¤£62 12 «¬ o Looking south at the No. 1 Lock and Dam on the Kentucky River south of Carrollton. o 38.25 Photo by Paul Potter, University of Cincinnati. 38.25 !(14 L&D 4 Georgetown LM YWX LM YWXLM YWX ¤£460 LMLM# ")35^ [ Frankfort 05100205260 05100205280 Hickman Creek, Jessamine County 107.08 LM 275.67 8 £60 ")34 ¤ YWX The valley remains, but the river is gone. High-level deposits of silt, clay, sand, and gravel ¨¦§64YWX Midway along Mundys Landing Road in southern Woodford County are remnants of the ancient Kentucky River that flowed through the Inner Bluegrass 5 million years ago. At that time, 27 05100205240 FAYETTE ¤£ the land was uplifted, diverting the river to its current course. There are a number of these 33.76 ¤£421 old valleys in the uplands along the Kentucky River. 12 ¤£62 60 ANDERSON LM ¤£ 05100205270 Long after the clouds have gone, the Big Sink in Woodford County retains runoff from 179.15 the storms. Sinkholes in the Inner Bluegrass lead to underground channels and act !(12 Powell County High School students learned water-quality sampling techniques through a YWX «¬57 as natural detention basins. The water drains slowly to underground conduits in the L&D 5 YWX Versailles watershed grant project funded by the Kentucky River Authority. Students studied water ^ 64 o limestone. After journeying perhaps miles underground, the water will reemerge from # ¨¦§ -84.00 chemistry, stream habitat, macroinvertebrates, and freshwater mussels. Photo by Kim Explanation ")33LM a spring near a stream. Lawrenceburg 62 4 60 Feeman. ¤£ 05100205230 «¬ [ ¤£ Bert T. Combs MONTGOMERY -85.00o ")32 o Elevation in feet 16.18 31 -84.25 Mountain Parkway ") o Ecologic Regions North Fork of the Kentucky River at Jackson, Breathitt County 127 Ky-American 38.00 o ¤£ Winchester 2,150–3,250 38.00 ReservoirsLM Dissected Appalachian Plateau 1964 05100205070 Eastern Highland Rim Hills of the Bluegrass 1,800–2,150 Lexington ")30 43.98 05100205050 WOODFORD «¬33 Inner Bluegrass 19.3 05100204180 Knobs 05100205140 974 1,600–1,800 25 «¬ «¬15 53.27 Northern Forested Plateau Escarpment 164.22 05100205220 «¬169 ¤£ ")29 Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau YWX o 460 72.61 05100205030 -83.75 ¤£ Outer Bluegrass 1,450–1,600 89 05100205010 627 27.28 «¬ Martha Layne # 05100205120 «¬ 37.8 Data from U.S. EPA 1,300–1,450 L&D 6 Collins Blue LM 100.56 LM Grass Parkway JESSAMINE 28 CLARK 05100204160 o ") 27 05100204150 MENIFEE -83.50 1,150–1,300 15 # ") 96.08 LM !( L&D 10 Clay 13.85 29 05100205060 LM «¬ ^ 81.75 LM CityLM YWX 1,000–1,150 !(8 YWX MERCER Nicholasville Kentucky RiverLM YWX ")26") 25 Wilmore 05100205005 16 24 LM Stanton 77 05100204120 LM!(") 35.18 ^ «¬ 6 850–1,000 YWX 39 LM 148.22 YWX «¬ ")23 # Hickman Creek just above its mouth at the Kentucky River. The creek drains western Jess- 700–850 L&D 7 #")22 05100205130 L&D 9 75 Red River 82 YWX 05100205210 LM 40.47 ¨¦§ «¬ POWELL 05100205040 amine and southern Fayette Counties over limestone of the Inner Bluegrass. Streams and 25.92 ")21 05100205080 420–700 65.31 groundwater can be polluted by development that does not recognize the karst geology. 68 LM 36.54 ¤£ 05100204170 LM 169 MADISON MORGAN «¬ # 27.33 Sinkholes ")20 L&D 11 05100204140 LM Mill Campton LM LM 57.97 Creek WOLFE o LM!(6 LM Lake 37.75 Lakes !(7 YWX Lake YWX «¬33 LMLM L&D 8 YWX Richmond 05100204080 ")19 o LMLM ^ 51.49 ^ 05100204110 -83.25o 37.75 Burgin LM LM 52 05100204090 11 # Campton 05100204130 58.94 Ponds Herrington 05100205090 «¬ 10.52 05100204060 «¬ 05100201210 Old U.S. 27 Bridge and Kentucky River Palisades 05100205020 31.61 Lake ")18 125.75 Wilgreen 17.37 18.43 LM 39 67.89 Wetlands LMLM «¬ Lake !(10YWX 05100205205 LM Irvine 05100201190 05100205170 YWX^LM 17.91 LM 05100205110 05100201220 05100201200 19.17 4 Source Water/Groundwater 91.62 ")17 05100204040 ")16 41.67 LMRavenna 13.83 17.37 05100201180 Protection Areas–Zone 1 ¤£127 LM LM ESTILL # 74.76 15.41 The North Fork of the Kentucky River, seen here during the drought of 2007, pro- Priority watershed: 27 05100204100 vides water for Jackson Municipal Water Works. The Middle Fork of the Kentucky 34 ¤£ GARRARD 36.57 L&D 12 www.water.ky.gov/watersheds/ 05100205200 LM«¬LM 05100201225 River and are also potential sources of water. LM 25 8.18 ¤£ 7.74 05100201170 YWX 05100204030 LEE 11-Digit Hydrologic Unit ^ Danville 39.6 60.03 30 boundary, unit code, and 05100201150 «¬ YWX 52 Lancaster 05100201230 area in square miles «¬34 «¬ ^ 05100205100 05100204010 8.35 83.43 LM Slope YWX 109.21 17.94 North o 05100205190 YWX 05100204070 L&D 13 # -83.00 BOYLE 28.47 ")15 ¬21 Beattyville Incorporated city « 69.91 LM Pan Level to gently rolling Junction LM 89 YWX ")14 52 Bowl 421 «¬ LM^ «¬ City 39 ¤£ LM LM Lake BREATHITT Gently rolling to hilly )"12 Public Water withdrawal «¬ Berea YWX^ 05100201130 Hilly to steep site (see table) 27 !(5# Jackson!(4 ")13 ¤£ Fork 40.33 05100202040 05100201160 YWX Treatment plant outfalls ")11 ")12 L&D 14 Sinkhole 05100205180 ")10 LM 135.97 20.64 Stanford YWX ")9 ^ 96.43 o County seat ^ 05100205150 «¬30 37.5 LM 174.55 05100201140 Large boat ramp 05100205160 Quicksand Cr 150 o o 162.99 LM Stanford 24.7 ¤£ 37.50 -84.25 Small boat ramp 37.50o LINCOLN Reservoir LM 05100204050 LM YWX Middle Fork 8 LM 147.2 05100204020 ^ 05100203070 12 CASEY ") Cedar Booneville")7 16.57 15 (! Photo location YWX o 110.9 «¬ CreekLM -84.00 County boundary Lake 05100203060 Hustonville Crab 44.56 Stream reaches not supporting Orchard 05100201120 ROCKCASTLE 246.13 o Scale = 1:316,800 assessed uses: water.ky.gov/sw/tmdl/303d/ -84.75 KNOTT River Special Use Waters: water.ky.gov/sw/specialwaters/ 1 inch equals 5 miles YWXBrodhead JACKSON OWSLEY Kentucky «¬80 0 2.5 5 10 15 20 05100203020 05100202050 30 05100201110 PERRY Kentucky 129.88 39 «¬ 14.78 14.16 Raven Run «¬ 70 Buckhorn «¬ Miles «¬28 Hindman o ^ -84.50 LM LM YWX Fork Buckhorn 05100201100 Lake LM -82.75o Goose Creek, Clay County 05100203050 LM 93.64 CLAY 71.42

7 South River LM 05100201085 05100201070 421 LM YWX 85.51 ¤£ KentuckyLM 05100201080 27.85 Carr o The main stem of the Kentucky River provides 80 million gallons of water per day to YWX 05100202030 37.25 05100203030 Hazard 5.91 Fork 600,000 people. It also provides boating, swimming, and fishing recreation. The Kentucky 73.12 ^ 29.47 ")6 Lake LM o River Palisades support the highest concentration of rare plant species in the Bluegrass 37.25 LMLM!(13 ")5 Region. The valley walls, almost vertical, rise 400 or more feet above the stream. 05100201020 Fleming YWXYWX 66 05100201090 YWX !(3 «¬ 56.18 Neon 19.45 Vicco River «¬7 Fishpond Bert T LETCHER YWX Lake Combs 05100201030 YWX Hal Rogers YWX 80 15 05100201010 LM Lake YWX YWX «¬ 63.23 «¬ ¤£119 Parkway YWX") ")3 ^ Blackey 131.23 Kentucky River Palisades YWX LM4 LM Hyden ^ 05100201060 ")2 Manchester ")1 YWXWhitesburg 26.58 ^

05100202020 o 05100203010 92.11 -82.75 80 LAUREL «¬ 195.58 YWX LESLIE 15 Goose Cr 05100201050 Raven Run Creek. Raven Run is a unique, 470-acre nature sanctuary dedicated to pre- 05100203040 49.79 serving the natural beauty of the Kentucky River Palisades and early Kentucky history. 260.05 05100201040 65.27 Over 10 miles of hiking trails provide access to streams, meadows, and woodlands 05100202010 242.85 characteristic of the area. Numerous 19th century remnants from early settlers, as well YWX 37.00o as over 600 species of plants, allow visitors to become acquainted with and appreciate 37.00o KNOX 421 the natural world. Raven Run also accommodates over 200 species of birds throughout ¤£ -83.00o the year. Photo by Jim Rebmann, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. 3 More Information Goose Creek and other streams throughout the basin offer scenes of quiet beauty. «¬66 HARLAN o Boating and Fishing Access Sites, Ky. Dept. Fish and Wildlife -83.75 Resources: kygeonet.ky.gov/kdfwr/ Public Water Withdrawals «¬11 Johnson, L.R., and Parrish, C.E., 1999, Kentucky River Location YWX development: The Commonwealth's waterway: U.S. Id PWSID1 Owner Source ± BELL Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, o www.nandwphoto.com/Kentucky River Development.pdf 1 0660204 Hyden-Leslie County Water District Middle Fork Kentucky River -83.25 Kentucky River Water Watch: 2 0670462 Letcher County Water And Sewer District Kentucky River www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KRWW/Welcome.html 3 0260737 Manchester Water Works Bert Combs Lake o 16 Kentucky River Authority: 4 0260737 Manchester Water Works Goose Creek Switzer Covered Bridge, Franklin County -83.50 Kentucky River Lock and Dam 14, Lee County www.finance.ky.gov/ourcabinet/attached+agencies/kra.htm 5 0670279 Fleming-Neon Water Company Shea Fork Mine Generations of Kentuckians have mined and quarried the Camp Nelson Limestone along Kentucky Division of Water: water.ky.gov 6 0970184 Hazard Water Department North Fork Kentucky River Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute: the Kentucky River for use in road and building construction. Photo by Richard Smath, www.uky.edu/WaterResources/ 7 0950036 Booneville Water and Sewer South Fork Kentucky River Carr Fork Lake, Knott County Kentucky Geological Survey. Kentucky Geological Survey: www.uky.edu/kgs/water/library/ 8 0690417 Stanford Water Commission Rice Lake U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 9 0760030 Berea Municipal Utilities Upper Silver Creek (Kale Lake) www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions/level_iv.htm 10 0760030 Berea Municipal Utilities Cowbell Lake Water Watch data: kgsmap.uky.edu/website/krww/ 11 0760030 Berea Municipal Utilities Lower Silver Creek Lake (B-Lake) U.S. Geological Survey surface water data: water.usgs.gov/osw/ Lock and Dam Data 12 0760030 Berea Municipal Utilities Owsley Fork 13 0130208 Jackson Municipal Water Works North Fork Kentucky River LOCK NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 0650024 Beattyville Water Works North Fork Kentucky River Pool 14 Miles above mouth 4.0 31.0 42.0 65.0 82.2 96.2 117.0 139.9 157.5 176.4 201.0 220.9 239.9 249.0 Length of pool above dam (mi) 27.0 11.0 23.0 17.2 14.0 20.8 22.9 17.6 18.9 24.6 19.9 19.0 9.1 -- 15 0400233 Lancaster Water Works Lancaster Reservoir 1 Date put in operation 1839 1839 1840 1840 1842 1891 1897 1900 1903 1905 1906 1910 1914 1917 16 0110097 Danville City Water Works Chamber dimensions (ft) 38x145 38x145 38x145 38x145 38x145 52x147 52x147 52x146 52x148 52x148 52x148 52x148 52x148 52x148 17 0330205 Irvine Municipal Utilities Commission Kentucky River Pool 11 Lower sill, elevation 407.00 423.87 437.47 449.75 463.86 478.90 492.42 508.60 526.60 544.60 561.60 579.60 596.60 614.60 18 0400233 Lancaster Water Works Kentucky River Pool 8 Normal pool elevation, lower 421.80 430.05 444.02 456.91 470.60 484.53 499.42 515.39 533.30 550.64 567.19 585.70 602.74 620.65 19 1190061 Campton Water Plant Campton Lake Lower sill depth (ft) at normal pool 14.80 6.16 6.50 7.38 6.49 6.45 6.88 6.00 6.66 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 20 0760370 Richmond Water, Gas and Sewer Kentucky River Pool 11 Upper sill, elevation1 421.80 436.37 448.52 463.95 475.35 489.90 505.44 522.60 540.60 558.60 575.60 593.00 611.00 629.00 21 0840180 Harrodsburg Municipal Water Department Kentucky River Pool 7 Normal pool elevation, upper2 430.03 443.97 457.13 470.35 485.35 499.30 514.60 533.26 550.60 567.60 585.60 602.60 620.60 637.60 22 0570495 Highbridge Spring Water Company High Bridge Spring Upper sill depth (ft) at normal pool 8.23 7.60 8.61 6.40 10.00 9.40 9.16 10.66 10.00 9.00 10.00 9.60 9.60 8.60 23 0570315 Nicholasville Utilities Kentucky River Pool 8 Lift—Normal pool to normal pool (ft) 8.23 13.92 13.11 13.44 14.75 14.77 15.18 17.87 17.30 16.96 18.41 16.90 17.86 16.95 24 0570010 Wilmore Water Works Kentucky River Pool 6 * Maximum high-water elevation 482.1 493.22 498.32 512.42 525.4 538.94 557.2 573.1 587.4 598.75 615.0 632.25 654.0 664.6 25 0990281 Beech Fork Water Commission Red River Depth (ft), mean high water 26 0990281 Beech Fork Water Commission Beech Fork Reservoir above normal upper pool elevation 52.07 49.25 41.19 42.07 40.1 39.64 42.6 39.8 36.8 31.15 29.4 29.65 33.4 27.00 27 0250473 Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission Kentucky River Average annual flow (ft3/s) 8,376 7,471 7,344 6,748 6,598 6,508 6,477 5,730 5,290 5,087 4,200 3,847 3,704 3,552 3 ** 28 0340250 Kentucky-American Water Company Kentucky River Pool 9 7Q10 (ft /s) 14.6 14.6 14.6 13.0 12.6 12.1 12.0 11.2 11.2 11.1 10.0 9.8 9.5 8.9 29 0250473 Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission Carroll Ecton Reservoir 5 Date of high water 1937 1937 1937 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1939 1929 1939 30 0340250 Kentucky-American Water Company East Hickman Creek Reservoir 4 Type of original lock stone stone stone stone stone stone stone stone concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete 11 masonry masonry masonry masonry masonry masonry masonry masonry 31 0340250 Kentucky-American Water Company West Hickman Reservoir 1 Lee County is blessed with an abundance of water. The North, South, and Type of original dam timber timber timber timber timber timber timber timber concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete 32 1200439 Versailles Municipal Water Kentucky River Pool 5 Covered bridges were once common in Kentucky. The Switzer Covered Bridge Middle Forks of the Kentucky River meet upstream of Heidelberg, the site of crib crib crib crib crib crib crib crib 33 0030239 Lawrenceburg Water & Sewer Department Kentucky River carried KY 1262 across North Elkhorn Creek at Switzer in eastern Franklin Lock and Dam 14. The dam (seen from the Albert Updyke Ky. 399 Bridge) ------34 0370143 Frankfort Electric and Water Plant Board Kentucky River Pool 4 13 Lock and dam data from the Kentucky River Authority: www.finance.ky.gov/ourcabinet/attached+agencies/ld.htm County. It is a 120 foot long Howe truss design built in 1855 and restored in was completed in 1917 as the last in the system—begun in 1836—from 1 35 1050157 Georgetown Municipal Water & Sewer Royal Spring Zeroes of all gages are at sill elevations. 1906 and again in 1990. On March 1, 1997 the bridge was washed away in a Two faces of the eastern Kentucky economy can be seen in this photo of Carr Fork 36 0940337 Owenton City Waterworks Severn Creek Heidelberg to the Ohio River. All elevations are referred to Kentucky River datum and require variable corrections for conversion to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1929 general adjustment elevations. Lake in Knott County. The lake's 710 acres and 24 miles of shoreline provide for 2 flood and was restored in 1998. Photo by Brandon Nuttall, Kentucky Geological To view recent stage readings, go to waterdata.usgs.gov/ky/nwis/current/?type=flow 37 0940337 Owenton City Waterworks Thomas Lake swimming, fishing, boating, water sports, camping, hiking, and wildlife habitat. A coal- *Maximum high-water elevations at locks 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11 are based on profile data. 38 0410047 Bullock Pen Water District Survey. **Seven-day low flow that occurs, on average, once every 10 years. Data from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (2008) mining operation can be seen in the background. Flow data from U.S. Geological Survey, ftp.kymartian.ky.gov/usgs/kylowflowmeanflow.zip 1Public Water System Identification Number