Fern Lake (Kentucky)
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 35 '8 " N , 83 ° 42' 46" W | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 366 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 60 ha | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 2.5 km | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 300 m | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 18.2 km² | ||||||||
The remote Lake is a small artificial lake south of the city Middlesboro in the Cumberland Mountains .
The lake covers around 60 hectares and has been supplying drinking water to Middlesboro since the late 19th century. He is from the Little Yellow Creek flowing through it. The dam and the northern part of the lake are in Bell County in Kentucky , the southern part extends to Claiborne County in the state of Tennessee .
Much of the Fern Lake catchment area is part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park . The park was enlarged by 16.28 km² in 2008 and 2009 at the instigation of Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman Hal Rogers , but the lake itself is currently (2012) not part of the park.
Web links
Fern Lake, Kentucky, in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fern Lake milestone. (No longer available online.) Middlesboro Daily News, formerly original ; Retrieved October 21, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: Fern Lake Land Acquisition
