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The earthen dam (National ID # KY03007, at ), owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers, stands 144 feet (44 m) high, with a length of 2,350 feet (720 m) at itsIts riverine reservoir has a normal surface area of 12.8 square miles (33 km 2), a maximum capacity of 723 200 acre-feet (892 100 000 m 3), and normal storage of 244 100 acre-feet (301 100 000 m 3).
Legislature approves bill allowing fishing during the month of May (previously banned to protect fish during spawning) and raises the cost of fishing license from $1 to $2. First official documented use of aircraft to apprehend poachers. Kentucky hosts 10th Annual Crow Shooting Championship (June 26–27).
Carr Creek Lake's earth and rock fill dam is 130 ft (40 m) tall and 720 ft (219 m) long, and the dam is located 8.8 mi (14 km) above the mouth of Carr Fork River, a tributary of the North Fork Kentucky River. [3] The lake is the main attraction of Carr Creek State Park. [4]
The Army Corps of Engineers manages the operation of the dam itself, and runs recreational facilities at the dam. Laurel River Lake's drainage area is 282 square miles (730 km 2 ). The area of the lake changes based on how full it is, but it is about 19 miles (31 km) long, with 206 miles (332 km) of shoreline.
Capital Engineers: The US Army Corps of Engineers in the Development of Washington, DC 1790-2004 (Office of History, Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2011). online; Shallat, Todd. "Building waterways, 1802–1861: Science and the United States Army in early public works." Technology and Culture 31.1 (1990): 18-50. excerpt; Shallat, Todd.
Buckhorn Lake, located south of Buckhorn, Kentucky, United States and northwest of Hazard, Kentucky off Kentucky Route 28, is a 1,230-acre (5 km 2) reservoir [3] created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1967 by impounding the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. [3] The lake was flooded over top of a small township called Bowlingtown.
Cave Run Lake, located south of Morehead, Kentucky, USA along Kentucky Route 801, is an 8,270-acre (33 km 2) reservoir built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The 148 feet (45 m), half-mile (800 m) dam (and outlet works) construction began in 1965 and was completed in 1973.
The Rough River Lake is a Y-shaped reservoir located in Breckinridge, Hardin, and Grayson counties in Kentucky, United States, about 70 miles southwest of Louisville. [1] This lake was created by the building of a dam, begun in 1955 and completed in 1961, 89.3 miles (143.7 km) above the connection between the Rough River and the Green River .