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North Fork Kentucky River is a river in Kentucky in the United States. [3] It is a fork of the Kentucky River that it joins just upstream of Beattyville. [3] It is nearly 148 miles (238 km) long with an average slope of 3.2 feet per mile (0.61 m/km), [1] and an overall basin size (at Jackson) of 1,101 square miles (2,850 km 2) [4]
The North Fork Kentucky River is approximately 168 miles (270 km) long. [2] At Airdale, the North Fork has a mean average discharge of approximately 863 cubic feet per second, per data collected during the period 1930–1942. [6] The Middle Fork Kentucky River is approximately 105 miles (169 km) long. [2]
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.
Troublesome Creek in Hindman, Kentucky. Troublesome Creek is a creek in Breathitt, Perry and Knott counties, Kentucky, a fork of the North Fork Kentucky River. [1] It is 41.46 miles (66.72 km) long with a gradient of 8.92 feet per mile (168.9 cm/km), normally free-flowing, and with banks that vary between tree-lined and open.
A bridge across the North Fork of the Kentucky River near Lost Creek, Ky., is flooded on Thursday, July 28, 2022. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
– According to data from the National Weather Service, the water level of the North Fork Kentucky River in Whitesburg reached 20.91 feet at 10 a.m. Thursday, which broke the previous record by ...
The Kentucky River basin, including North Fork and its tributaries, suffered a major flood in January and February 1957. [22] Hazard was the worst hit place in the entire basin, with all highways blocked, all utilities out of operation, and the main streets under anywhere up to 17 feet (5.2 m) of floodwater. [ 23 ]
The incident happened along the North Fork of the Kentucky River in the Blackey community of Letcher County. The coroner’s office said the boy, 11-year-old Curtis Halcomb, was playing along the ...