Carr Creek Lake Explained

Carr Creek Lake
Coords:37.235°N -83.003°W
Pushpin Map:Kentucky#USA
Area:710acres
Elevation:310m (1,020feet)

Carr Creek Lake (formerly Carr Fork Lake), located east of Hazard, Kentucky, along Kentucky Route 15 in Knott County, is a 710acres reservoir created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1976.[1] 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.[2]

The lake is the main attraction of Carr Creek State Park.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kleber, John E. . . The Kentucky Encyclopedia . 1992 . The University Press of Kentucky . . 0-8131-1772-0 . Lakes.
  2. Web site: Carr Creek Lake . U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . 2007-02-17.
  3. Web site: Carr Creek State Park . Kentucky Department of Parks . 2005-10-10 . 2007-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070204224801/http://parks.ky.gov/stateparks/ck/ . 2007-02-04.