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The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. The 260-mile (420 km) river and its tributaries drain much of eastern and central Kentucky, passing through the Eastern Coalfield , the Cumberland Mountains , and the Bluegrass region . [ 2 ]
North Fork Kentucky River; Ohio River; Paint Creek; Pond River; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Kentucky (1974) See also. List of rivers in the United States
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Water levels at the North Fork Kentucky River in Hazard didn’t quite reach record levels but still topped out at 25.74 feet at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, which is the highest it’s been since March 2021.
It flows generally west, through Red River Gorge in the Daniel Boone National Forest, then past Stanton and Clay City. It joins the Kentucky approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Winchester. In 1993, a 20-mile (32 km) stretch of the river in the Red River Gorge was designated by the federal government as a National Wild and Scenic River.
Depth of river channel upstream of dam to Wolf Creek: generally 160 feet (50 m) Depth of river channel upstream of Wolf Creek to one mile (2 km) downstream of Burnside: 280 feet The lowest water level recorded (since construction) was 675.10 feet (205.77 m) above mean sea level on January 27, 1981.
According to the National Weather Service, the North Fork of the Kentucky River rose 12 feet in 12 hours due to heavy rainfall, hitting a high of 16.8 feet early Thursday morning.
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