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1 Watershed Watershed Number: 55 Location Map Perry icco Hyden Leslie Watershed %g 6 99 %g 6 5 %g 7 %g 6 99 %g 7 %g 3 Blackey Letcher W hitesburg %g3 4 7 %g 6 99 %g 699 %g 699 %g 463 %g 6 %g 6 79 %g 8 %g %g %g 5 %g 9 %g 46 3 %g 6 Cum berland BenhamLynch Harlan 5 5 Miles Evarts Watershed Features Pun che onca mp Branch Owen s Bra nch Hicks B ra nch Lea th erwo od Creek Little Le athe rwoo d Cre ek Clover Fo rk Sad dle Fo rk Clover Fo rk Public Water Supplies KPDES Permitted Discharge Sites b USGS Gaging Stations KY River Watershed Watch Sample Sites # KY DOW Monitoring Sites ð!_ U Designated Use Support Sampling Sites KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlif e Monitoring Sites!: US Forest Service Monitoring Sites! T US Army Corps of Engineers Monitoring Sites!/ L.F.U.C.G. Monitoring Sites Watershed Boundaries Bee ch Fork b Lynn Fork Old hou se Bran ch Bake r Branch!:Uð R igh t Fork Ston y Fork Ston y Fork Deep hole Branch Bee hive B ra nch Straight Fork Little Le athe rwoo d Cre ek Horn B ra nch Lea th erwo od Creek Lea th erwo od Creek

2 Geography. The watershed covers the southern end of Perry County. The land is in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field physiographic region, characterized by mountainous terrain, rapid surface runoff, and moderate rates of groundwater drainage. The watershed is underlain by coals, sandstones, and shales: this geology is generally conducive to productive wells, although water quality may be low for wells that draw from coal layers. Waterways. empties into the North Fork Kentucky River west of Cornettsville. Among the creeks that feed it are Oldhouse Branch, Clover Fork, Beech Fork, and Little. Land and water use. Land in the watershed is nearly all rural and wooded. One school holds a permit for discharge into the creek. See tables for details. Agency data assessment. The assessed creek segment in this watershed fully supports its designated uses, based on biological and/or water-quality data. See tables for details. Watershed rankings. The ranking formula provides a preliminary ranking by synthesizing a broad spectrum of watershed characteristics, current conditions, and threats. This watershed ranks in the group with the highest need for protection and/or restoration. This rating is for the watershed on average: particular sites and particular waters within the watershed may vary widely. See tables for details. olunteer data. No volunteer data were collected in this watershed in 999.

3 -Digit Watershed Identity Number: 55 This report was prepared by the Kentucky Water Research Institute as a product of the statewide Kentucky Watershed Management process. Information presented in this report was collected from many sources. Reasonable attempts were made to ensure that information and figures are as accurate as possible, but no representation or guarantee is made as to either the correctness or suitability of information for particular purposes. All critical information should be independently verified. Please address questions or corrections to Basin Coordinator, KWRI, Rm. 33 Mining and Minerals Resources Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Summary of Basin Characteristics and Facilities General Land-use Characteristics: Total Land Area (): 3,93 Residential Area: % of Total. Number of Mine Permits: 8 Commercial Area: Industrial Area: Agricultural Area: Rural and Wooded Area: Other Land-use Area: 3, Total Permitted Mining Area (): Number of Identified Wetland Areas: Total Wetland Area ():,9 Withdrawal and Discharge Sites: Number of Public Water Supplies and Water Withdrawal Sites: 7 Number of KPDES Discharge Permits: Surface Water Withdrawals: Groundwater Withdrawals: 5 No. of Potable Water Treatment Facilities: Sampling Site Statistics: Number of USGS Gaging Stations: Number of Kentucky Division of Water Sampling Sites: Number of Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Sampling Sites: Number of US Forest Service Sampling Sites: Number of US Army Corps of Engineers Sampling Sites: Number of Kentucky River Watershed Watch Sampling Sites: Number of Lexington-Fayette Urban Co. Gov. Sampling Sites:

4 -Digit Watershed Identity Number: 55 Watershed s and Ranking Categories: Protection Ranking Observed Impacts Potential Impacts Medium Restoration Ranking Overall Watershed Ranking: Protection Categories: alue Range of All Mean of All Wetland Areas Surface Drinking Water Sources Ground Drinking Water Sources Groundwater Sensitivity KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Management Areas U.S. Forest Service Management Areas Kentucky State Park Areas Nature Preserves Commission Areas Nature Conservancy Areas Reference Reach Outstanding Resource Recognized Stream Resources Kentucky Rivers Assessment s ,68... No. of sources No. of sources No. of resources , Observed Impact Categories: Human Health Impact Categories: alue Range of All Mean of All Flood Declarations Water Supply Inadequacy Observed Impacts to Surface Drinking Water Observed Impacts to Fish Consumption Observed Impacts to Primary Water Contact Contamination Sites Impacting Human Health Number since Ecological Health Impact Categories: alue Observed Impacts to Aquatic Life Contamination Sites Impacting Ecological Health Potential Impact Categories: alue Range of All Mean of All Potential Contamination Sites Potential Pesticide Loading Potential Fertilizer Loading Agricultural Erosion Potential Livestock Operations Potential Impact KPDES Discharge iolations KY Division of Water Citizen Complaints Toxic Release Inventory Population Change Projection Population Not on Public Sewer Systems Mining Area Surface Water Runoff Potential KPDES Permitted Discharges ,9 6. Est. sales in tons Est. tons applied Est. tons erosion / acre Animal units Number of violations Number of complaints Number of persons Number of persons SCS Curve Number , , ,

5 -Digit Watershed Identity Number: 55 Stream and Waterbody Use Support Summary Total Stream Miles: 6.5 Number of Segments Stream Miles Assessed Fully Supporting Partially Supporting Not Supporting Threatened Segments Assessed: Designated Uses Aquatic Life: Primary Contact: Fish Consumption: Drinking Water: * Blank values indicate no assessed segments for this category. Assessed Stream Segments and Waterbodies Stream or Waterbody Name * Starting Milepoint Segment Ending Milepoint Length (miles) Designated Uses * Overall Level of Support AL, PC Fully Supporting *Abbreviations: AL - Aquatic Life Support, PC - Primary Contact Recreation, SC - Secondary Contact Recreation, FC - Fish Consumption, DW - Drinking Water Supply, UT - Unnamed Tributary Withdrawal Sites and Discharge Facilities:

6 -Digit Watershed Identity Number: 55 Withdrawal Sites and Discharge Facilities: Public Water Supplies and Water Withdrawal Facility Origin of Source Type of Facility Permit ID Number BLUE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY Groundwater Water Withdrawal Site WW7 BLUE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY Surface Water Water Withdrawal Site WW56 BLUE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY Surface Water Water Withdrawal Site WW49 BLUE DIAMOND MINE/LEATHERWOOD Groundwater Water Withdrawal Site 9789 DENAS RESTAURANT Groundwater Water Treatment Plant LEATHERWOOD ELEM SCHOOL Groundwater Water Treatment Plant 9759 KPDES Permitted Discharge Facilities Facility Gaging Stations and Sampling Sites: US Geological Survey and US Army Corps of Engineers Stream Gaging Stations Stream Location Agency Station ID Number Sampling Parameter USGS USGS3774 Flow KY Dept of Fish and Wildlife Sampling / Assessment Sites Stream Segment Upstream Description Type of Facility Downstream Description Total Length of Segment Upstream Mile Point KPDES Site ID Number LEATHERWOOD ELEM SCHOOL ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY SCHOOLS KY93599 Downstream Mile Point Clover Fork Little Leatherwood Creek