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Barren River Lake is a 10,100 acres (41 km 2), reservoir in Kentucky created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1964 by impounding the Barren River. The lake occupies parts of Allen, Barren, and Monroe counties. The Barren River Lake Dam is an earthen dam, 146 feet (45 m) high and 3,970 feet (1,210 m) long at its crest. [2]
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.
On January 22, 2007, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began lowering the water level in Lake Cumberland, fearing a possible breach in Wolf Creek Dam. Water seepage had again eroded the limestone under the dam, creating the potential for a breach and subsequent flood that would cause damages into the billions of dollars in cities ...
Sand Island, near the Portland section of Louisville, is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Ohio River is a relentless force, shaping and reshaping the landscape in its path.
Trooper Island is another island in Dale Hollow Lake that is owned by the Army Corps of Engineers. The island, which sits on the Kentucky/Tennessee state line, is currently leased to the Kentucky State Police who operate Trooper Island Kid's Camp through a trooper-managed non-profit charitable organization. The facility provides a week-long ...
Dewey Lake, located near Prestonsburg, Kentucky in Floyd County, is part of the integrated flood reduction system operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the entire Ohio River Basin. [3] The 1,100-acre (4 km 2) lake was formed by impounding John's Creek in 1949, and was named for Admiral George Dewey. [4]
McAlpine Locks and Dam fact sheet from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 29 April 2017; History of navigation development on the Ohio River from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 29 April 2017; Robinson, Michael C. (1983). History of Navigation in the Ohio River Basin (NWS-83-5) (PDF).
Green River Lake is a 8,210-acre (33 km 2) reservoir in Adair, Taylor, and Casey counties in Kentucky lying in the section of Kentucky known as the Highland Rim. The lake was developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1969 by impounding the Green River .