North Fork Kentucky River

North Fork Kentucky River
North Fork viewed from Perry County Park
Map
Physical characteristics
SourcePayne Gap[2]
 • coordinates37°09′19″N 82°39′04″W / 37.15541°N 82.65098°W / 37.15541; -82.65098 (Payne Gap)
2nd sourceThe Forks of Troublesome
 • coordinates37°20′05″N 82°58′51″W / 37.33484°N 82.98086°W / 37.33484; -82.98086 (The Forks of Troublesome)
3rd sourceRockhouse Creek headwaters
 • coordinates37°15′02″N 82°42′25″W / 37.25055°N 82.70696°W / 37.25055; -82.70696 (Rockhouse Creek headwaters)
MouthKentucky River
 • location
just upstream of Beattyville[3]
 • coordinates
37°35′12″N 83°40′12″W / 37.58664°N 83.67009°W / 37.58664; -83.67009 (North Fork Kentucky River mouth)
Length148 miles (238 km)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationHazard gage station[1] (1940–1991)
 • minimum158 cubic feet per second (4,500 L/s)[1]
 • maximum1,099 cubic feet per second (31,100 L/s)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationCowan Creek (at mouth)[1] (1991)
 • minimum0.64 cubic feet per second (18 L/s)[1]
 • maximum1.22 cubic feet per second (35 L/s)[1]

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 km2)[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h FHWA 1994, p. 30.
  2. ^ Mull 1965, p. A—6.
  3. ^ a b c Quinones et al. 1981, p. 12.
  4. ^ Smoot et al. 1995, p. B—29.