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Carr Creek Lake

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Reservoir in Knott County, Kentucky
Carr Creek Lake
Carr Creek Lake is located in Kentucky
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LocationKnott County, Kentucky
Coordinates37°14′06′′N 83°00′11′′W / 37.235°N 83.003°W / 37.235; -83.003
Type reservoir
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area710 acres (3 km2)
Surface elevation1,020 ft (310 m)[1]

Carr Creek Lake (formerly Carr Fork Lake), located east of Hazard, Kentucky, along Kentucky Route 15 in Knott County, is a 710 acres (3 km2) reservoir created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1976.[2] 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 emergency spillway of the dam exposes many layers of the underlying rock, showing the geological history of the area back to the Pennsylvanian Period.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carr Creek Lake
  2. ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
  3. ^ a b "Carr Creek Lake". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "Carr Creek State Park". Kentucky Department of Parks. October 10, 2005. Archived from the original on February 4, 2007. Retrieved February 17, 2007.
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