Levisa Fork
Levisa Fork | |
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Big Sandy River watershed, with its Levisa Fork (left) and Tug Fork (right) tributaries shown | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky, Virginia |
Counties | Buchanan VA, Pike KY, Floyd KY, Johnson KY, Lawrence KY |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gap of Sandy |
• location | Buchanan County, VA |
• coordinates | 37°09′06″N 81°54′04″W / 37.15167°N 81.90111°W |
• elevation | 2,657 ft (810 m)[1] |
Big Sandy River[2] | |
• location | Louisa, KY |
• coordinates | 38°07′05″N 82°36′06″W / 38.11806°N 82.60167°W |
• elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
Length | 164 mi (264 km)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Pikeville, KY[4] |
• average | 1,504 cu ft/s (42.6 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 66 cu ft/s (1.9 m3/s) |
• maximum | 85,500 cu ft/s (2,420 m3/s) |
The Levisa Fork (also known as the Levisa Fork River or the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River) is a tributary of the
Overview
It rises in the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia, in eastern Buchanan County, near Grundy. It flows west into Pike County, Kentucky, where it is impounded to form Fishtrap Lake reservoir. After collecting the Russell Fork, it flows northwest through Pikeville and Prestonsburg. The natural course of the river formed a loop surrounding downtown Pikeville, but a massive earthmoving project completed in 1987 rerouted the river to bypass the city. At Paintsville it turns to the north-northeast, flowing through Johnson and Lawrence counties. It joins the Tug Fork from the southwest at Louisa on the West Virginia state line to form the Big Sandy.
The Levisa Fork was historically an important river for
Variant names, according to the USGS, include Louisa River, Louisa Fork, Lavisa Fork, and West Fork, in addition to Levisa Fork River and Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. The official name according to the USGS is Levisa Fork.
On February 28, 1958, a Floyd County
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the originalon 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b "Levisa Fork". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-20. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 13, 2011
- ^ a b United States Geological Survey; USGS 03209500 LEVISA FORK AT PIKEVILLE, KY; retrieved July 18, 2009.
- ISBN 0813108659. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Patricia Givens. William Preston and the Allegheny Patriots. [Place of publication not identified]: B.D. Smith, 1976. Page 51.
- Stewart, George R. "Names on the Land". (1967)
- Collins, Robert F. "A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest". (1975)