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Stream
County
Miles
Floatable
Location
Barren River
Allen, Monroe
26.0
Yes
Beaver Creek
McCreary
2.2
No
Dry Branch to mouth
Beaver Creek
Wayne
7.0
No
Sumpter to KY 90
Beaver Creek
Barren
7.0
Yes
Beech Fork
Nelson, Washington
51.7
Yes
Mouth to KY 458 - Mt. Zion Road bridge crossing
Beech Fork
Leslie
11.4
No
Middle Fork Kentucky River to Leslie/Harlan Co. line
Benson Creek
Franklin
4.8
No
Mouth to KY 1005 Devils Hollow Road bridge crossing
Big Pitman
Green
22.0
Yes
Big South Fork
Marion
18.0
Yes
Bracken Creek
Bracken
12.4
Yes
Mouth to AA Hwy
Brashears Creek
Spencer, Shelby
25.9
Yes
Mouth the to confluence of Bullskin and Clear creeks
Buck Creek
Pulaski
12.5
Yes
KY 80 Bridge to KY 192
Chaplin River
Washington, Nelson, Mercer
79.3
Yes
Mouth of KY 1941 - New Dixville Road bridge crossing
Clear Creek
Woodford
6.0
No
Mouth to the KY 1965 bridge crossing
Clear Creek
Bell
3.5
Hwy 190 to Pine Mt. Lake
Clear Creek
Warren
6.0
Yes
Clear Fork
Whitley
19.0
Yes
TN line to mouth
Clover Fork
Harlan
18.0
No
Cumberland River to Louellen KY, Fugitt Creek
Crocus Creek
Cumberland
14.0
Yes
Cumberland River
Harlan
18.6
Yes
Bell/Harlan Co. line to confluence of Martins and Clover Fork
Cumberland River
Whitley to Bell
116.0
Yes
Cumberland Falls to Harlan Co.
Dix River (tailwater)
Garrard
30.0
Yes
Herrington Lake to KY 39 bridge crossing
Dix River
Lincoln
30.0
Yes
Brodhead to Herington Lake
Drakes Creek
Warren
23.0
Yes
Drennon Creek
Henry
4.9
Yes
Mouth to the confluence of Emily Run
Eagle Creek
Grant, Owen, Gallatin, Carroll
40.7
Yes
Mouth to Jonesville Road bridge crossing
East Fork
Monroe
7.0
No
Elkhorn Creek (mainstem)
Franklin
18.2
Yes
From Forks of Elkhorn to Kentucky River
Elkhorn Creek
Pike
19.4
No
Russell Fork to Pike/Letcher Co. line
Fallen Timber Creek
Barren
6.0
Yes
From the Mouth of Skaggs Creek upstream to Ky Highway 90 bridge
Fleming Creek
Fleming, Nicholas
20.0
Unknown
Mouth to KY 11
Floyds Fork
Jefferson, Bullitt
35.2
Yes
Mouth to the KY 148 bridge crossing
Gasper River
Warren
21.0
Yes
From the back waters of Barren River to the Warren County line
Glover Creek
Barren
6.0
No
From Fallen Timber Creek to
Ky Highway 839 bridge
Grassy Creek
Lewis
2.6
Unknown
From mouth to 2.6 miles up stream
Greasy Creek
Harlan/ Leslie
22.6
No
Middle Fork Kentucky River to Big Laurel Creek
Green River
Adair
10.0
Yes
Immediately below Green River Lake
Green River
Adair
12.0
Yes
Immediately above Green River Lake
Green River
Green, Taylor
62.0
Yes
From the Hart County line to Green River Lake
Gunpowder Creek
Boone
11.4
No
KY 536 Rabbit Hash Road bridge crossing to South Fork Gunpowder confluence
Hanging Fork
Boyle
15.9
Yes/No
Mouth to confluence of Knoblick Creek
Harrods Creek
Oldham
6.0
Yes
Hickman Creek
Jessamine
9.0
Yes
First nine miles from mouth upstream
Hinkston Creek
Bourbon
12.0
Yes
Ruddels Mill to Millersburg
Hungry Creek
Allen
3.0
Yes
Illwill Creek
Clinton
3.0
No
KY 1351 to mouth
Indian Creek
McCreary
4.5
No
Cogur Cr. to mouth
Kinniconick Creek
Lewis
38.0
Yes
Mouth to Cassity Hollow area
Knox Creek
Pike
7.9
No
Tug Fork to VA state line
Laurel Creek
McCreary
3.5
No
KY 478 Bridge to mouth
Laurel Fork
Lewis
9.6
Yes
Mouth to Staggs Br.
Left Fork Beaver Creek
Floyd
10.8
No
Frasure Creek to Jacks Creek
Levisa Fork River
Pike
126.0
Yes
Louisa KY to KY/WV/VA state line
Licking River
Pendleton
40.0
Yes
KY 536 bridge to Fallmouth- confluence with North and South Fork Licking
Licking River
Bracken, Harrison, Nicholas, Pendelton, Robertson
57.2
Yes
De Mossville to Blue Licks Battlefield State Park vic.
Line Creek
Monroe
7.0
No
Line Fork
Letcher
21.5
No
North Fork Kentucky River to area along Rt. 510 near Gilley KY
Little Barren River
Green
21.0
Yes
From the mouth at Green River upstream to the Green County line
Little Barren River
Metcalfe
7.0
Yes
Little Kentucky River
Carroll, Trimble, Henry
18.4
No
Mouth to US 421 bridge crossing
Little South Fork
McCreary
14.5
Yes
92 Bridge to mouth
Locust Creek
Bracken
6.6
Yes
Mouth to Wagel Rd vic.
Long Creek
Allen
3.0
Yes
Lulbegrud Creek
Clark, Powell, Montgomery
17.0
No
Mouth to KY 646 bridge crossing in Clark Co.
Marrowbone Creek
Cumberland
19.0
No
Marsh Creek
McCreary
17.7
No
Kidd School crossing to mouth
Martins Fork
Harlan
15.8
No
Cumberland River to Martins Fork Lake tailwater
Meshach Creek
Monroe
6.0
No
Middle Creek
Floyd
9.7
No
Left fork Middle Creek to Magoffin/Floyd Co. line
Middle Fork Red River
Powell
9.0
Yes
Mouth to Natural Bridge State Park area
Middle Fork Drakes Creek
Allen, Warren
21.0
Yes
Middle Fork KY River
Leslie
21.7
Yes
Hurricane Creek to Intersection of Rt. 1780 and 2058 at Spruce Pine
Mill Creek
Monroe
9.0
No
Mudlick Creek
Boone
4.1
No
Mouth to the US 42 bridge crossing
North Fork KY River
Letcher
15.5
Yes
Letcher/Perry Co. line to Whitesburg KY
North Fork Elkhorn Creek
Fayette, Scott, Franklin
65.9
Yes
Forks of Elkhorn to KY 1962 Lemons Mill Road bridge crossing
North Fork Triplett Creek
Rowan
6.7
Yes
I 64 bridge to Sportsman Club Rd.
Otter Creek
Madison
5.6
No
Mouth to Redhouse area
Paint Lick Creek
Garrard, Madison
22.0
No
Mouth to KY 52 bridge crossing in Paint Lick
Peter Creek
Barren
6.0
Yes
Pinchgut Creek
Allen
6.0
Yes
Poor Fork
Harlan
15.8
No
Cumberland River to Cumberland KY, Cloverlick Creek
Puncheon Creek
Allen
4.0
Yes
Red River
Clark, Estill, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe
65.0
Yes
Clay City to Lee City
Red River
Logan, Simpson
33.0
Yes
Redbird River
Clay
12.0
Yes
Daniel Boone Parkway to mouth
Right Fork Beaver Creek
Floyd, Knott
14.2
No
Wayland KY to Bates Branch at Kite KY
Rockcastle River
Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle
45.0
Yes
Middle/South Forks to Lake Cumberland
Rockhouse Creek
Letcher
21.4
No
North Fork Kentucky River to Deane KY
Rolling Fork
Hardin, Nelson, Larue, Marion
46.0
Yes
KY 434 bridge crossing to KY 84 Howardtown Road bridge crossing
Rolling Fork
Marion
40.0
No
Russell Creek
Adair, Green
54.0
Yes
Russell Fork
Pike
16.2
Yes
Levisa Fork to VA state line
Salt Lick Creek
Monroe
5.0
No
Salt River
Anderson, Spencer, Bullitt
46.0
Yes
Shepardsville to Taylorsville Dam - headwaters of Taylorsville Lake to US 62 bridge
Severn Creek
Owen
3.0
Yes
Mouth to the confluence with North Severn Creek
Silver Creek
Madison
21.5
No
Mouth to KY 52 crossing at Silver Creek
Sixmile Creek
Henry
8.0
Yes
Mouth to KY 573, Woods Pike bridge crossing
Skaggs Creek
Barren
19.0
Yes
Slate Creek
Bath, Montgomery
36.0
Yes
Mouth to KY 1331 bridge crossing (Howards Mill area)
South Elkhorn
Franklin, Woodford, Fayette
20.0
Yes
Forks of the Elkhorn to KY 341 bridge crossing
South Fork Cumberland
McCreary
14.5
Yes
Tennessee line to Lake Cumberland
South Fork Licking River
Bourbon, Harrison
65.0
Yes
Mouth to confluence of Stoner Ck. (Ruddles Mill - Bourbon Co.)
South Fork Licking River
Pendleton, Harrison, Bourbon
65.8
Yes
Fallmouth - confluence with licking river to KY 1893 bridge crossing
South Fork of Kentucky
Clay & Owsley
31.0
Yes
Redbird River to Owsley/Lee line
Spring Creek
Clinton
4.5
No
US 127 to Dale Hollow Lake
Stoner Creek
Bourbon, Clark
55.0
Yes
Mouth to KY 1961 in Clark Co.
Sulphur Creek
Adair
13.0
No
Sulphur Fork
Allen, Simpson
18.0
No
Thompson Creek
Mercer
5.0
No
Mouth to KY 926 - Bethel Church Road bridge crossing
Trammel Creek
Allen, Warren
32.0
Yes
Triplett Creek
Rowan
15.0
Yes
Mouth to Christy Creek confluence area
Tug Fork River
Pike
65.0
Yes
Warfield KY to KY/WV/VA state line
Tygarts Creek
Carter, Greenup
33.5
Yes
Warnock to US 60 in Olive Hill
West Fork
Simpson
19.0
Yes
West Fork
Warren
5.0
Yes
Woolper Creek
Boone
4.4
No
Backwaters of the Ohio River to KY 338 Idle Road bridge crossing
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