| Carr Creek Lake | |
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  Carr Creek Lake  Carr Creek Lake | |
| Location | Knott County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37°14′06″N83°00′11″W / 37.235°N 83.003°W /37.235; -83.003 |
| Type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 710 acres (3 km2) |
| Surface elevation | 1,020 ft (310 m)[1] |
Carr Creek Lake (formerlyCarr Fork Lake), located east ofHazard, Kentucky, alongKentucky Route 15 inKnott County, is a 710 acres (3 km2)reservoir created by theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1976.[2] Carr Creek Lake's earth and rock filldam is130 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 theNorth Fork Kentucky River.[3]
The lake is the main attraction ofCarr 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 thePennsylvanian Period.[3]
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