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	Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy Fork: Fishtrap Lake Dam to Louisa \| Kentucky Water Trails
		Civilization is continuous along the Levisa Fork, with a highway paralleling the stream on one side and a railroad on the other.
		Amazingly, despite the overwhelming human presence, the Levisa Fork is not a total loss as a canoeing stream.
		The Levisa Fork’s level of difficulty is Class I with occasional small shoals and rapids (Class I+).
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=CGD001-002 (386 words)

	Residents question plan to further pollute river - Roanoke.com
		The Levisa's floodwaters have long worried this rural community in Virginia's coalfields -- Grundy has nearly been washed off the map many times -- but now it is the river's water quality that has residents concerned.
		The Levisa Fork and one of its tributaries, Garden Creek, are listed as impaired by chlorides, fecal coliform bacteria and PCBs, which have prompted fish-consumption advisories.
		A TMDL study for the Levisa Fork is to start early next year and be completed by 2010.
	www.roanoke.com /news/roanoke/wb/92207 (1609 words)

	Jenny Wiley Association - Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The eastern branch, or Tug Fork, is even narrower than the Levisa, and the Russell and Dismal Forks are similar to the Tug.
		McAdoo Williamson, a descendant of Jane Wiley and Richard Williamson, who was reared on the upper reaches of the Levisa Fork, in the general area of Piketon.
		The state of flood on the Levisa Fork was so great that at one point Garfield was unable to determine where the channel was located.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~jwiley/levisa.htm (1721 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Pike County, KY (Levisa Fork Basin), ...
		Background: Since the earliest Levisa Fork Basin settlements, the residents faced the problem of frequent and severe flooding.
		Many Pike County communities within the floodplain of the Levisa and Russell Fork and tributaries were devastated by the April 1977 flood, which was the flood of record for much of the region.
		All persons and organizations that have an interest in the Levisa Fork Basin flooding problems as they affect Pike County and the environment are urged to participate in this NEPA environmental analysis process.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/September/Day-05/i22633.htm (670 words)

	The Russell Fork River - "Beast of the East"
		The kayaker, adrenaline pumping, eyed the large "hole" in the center of the rapid, as she visually replayed her route to avoid being eaten by El Horrendo, one of several Class V rapids on the Russell Fork River.
		Known as the "Beast of the East," the Russell Fork is an intense whitewater run that draws paddlers from across the United States.
		The Russell Fork River (one of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River) flows through a magnificent gorge.
	extremz.com /main/archive/water/russellforknov98.htm (1053 words)

	Jenny Wiley Association - Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If there was such a trader he was not prominent enough to change the name of a river or to have his name attached to it.
		That Levisa is a corrupted of Louisa may be accepted as beyond dispute or question.
		The Levisa Fork should be called the Louisa Fork.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~jwiley/louisa-connelley.htm (901 words)

	Inside Out Documentaries : Testing DNA and the Death Penalty with Anthony Brooks
		It is so far west that the mixture of mud, water and coal dust that flows through town in the Levisa Fork river runs west to the Mississippi instead of east to the Atlantic Ocean.
		Once you cross the height of land, the headwaters of Levisa Fork appear and the highway follows its valley.
		Beyond the court house and another side street Slate Creek approaches the highway from the right, passes beneath it and empties into Levisa Fork, which there makes a sharp bend to the west, leaving the highway to fetch up against a sheer cliff of grey stone.
	www.insideout.org /documentaries/dna/maygod1.asp (1763 words)

	sandyboats
		She is reputed to have been the fastest boat on the Levisa Fork.
		Needless to say, tows of timber this big were never towed down the Levisa Fork, but were always assembled at Catlettsburg or points where the river was wider.
		Russell Lee Whitlock's article, Steam Navigation on the Levisa Fork, originally appeared in the June, 1994 edition of The Trestle, the quarterly publication of the Auxier Historical Society.
	www.geocities.com /rlperry.geo/sandyboats.html (2397 words)

	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District - Floyd County
		Through Section 202 of this legislation, the Secretary of the Army was directed, through the Chief of Engineers, to design and construct flood damage reduction measures in areas impacted by the 1977 flood.
		Due to the size of the area affected in Floyd County by the Levisa Fork basin in the 1977 flood, the county was split into three different project phases.
		While the project is limited to the residential, commercial, and municipal structures affected by the 1977 flood, the level of flood protection along the Levisa Fork in Floyd County will be the 1977 inundation limit or the 100-year flood event, whichever is greater for nonstructural.
	www.lrh.usace.army.mil /projects/current/floydco (396 words)

	Dave Honan's Photography - Bridges - Kentucky
		While climbing a 2.2% grade out of the Levisa Fork valley, CSX's Coal Run Sub crosses the Clevinger Branch on this curved deck girder bridge.
		At Levisa Junction, a short spur off the CSX Big Sandy Sub crosses the Levisa Fork on this bridge to access a small loadout on the east bank of the river.
		Read an interesting history of the former Levisa Sub, the Johns Creek Branch, and the Coal Run Sub written by Robert Vaughn.
	www.davehonan.com /bridges/ky.html (510 words)

	Martin, Kentucky Redevelopment Plan
		That was the year floodwaters raised the Levisa Fork to an estimated elevation of 613.4 feet (river stage = 49.4 feet).
		Then in April 1977, the 1957 flood was surpassed when devastating floods caused $198 million in damages to the Levisa Fork communities.
		When major flooding of the Tug Fork Basin occurred in May 1984, resulting in damages of approximately $152.8 million, Congress issued Public Law 98-332, which appropriated funding for the expeditious implementation of nonstructural flood control measures.
	www.martinredevelopment.com /why_redev/default.aspx (271 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Levisa River (Russell Fork), VA - KY No records returned.
		The Russell Fork, considered unrunnable just a decade ago, is rated by knowledgeable whitewater experts as the most technically difficult commercially rafted river in the eastern United States.
		Because of the extreme difficulty and technical nature of the Russell Fork, professional outfitters screen prospective rafters very carefully.
	www.e-raft.com /Regions/MidAtlantic/Levisa.asp (255 words)

	Russell Fork of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River: Pound River Dam to Elkhorn City \| Kentucky Whitewater Kayaking ...
		Soon the drop increases markedly, steep sandstone walls rise on both sides, and the Russell Fork pounds its way for 3.8 miles along a giant semicircular loop at the base of the mountain.
		Russell Fork of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River: Pound River Dam to Elkhorn City Topo Map
		Russell Fork of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River: Pound River Dam to Elkhorn City Trail Reports
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=CGU001-032 (261 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Levisa Subdivision had continued east along the banks of the Levisa for about 15 miles to a mine located on the Second Fork of Big Creek near Dunlap, KY with two short spurs along the way.
		The trackage from Racoon to Levisa was removed about 1981 with a short section of the original branch remaining in service between Meta and Racoon serving two coal loading operations.
		(Volume 1) As for the Levisa Subdivision, starting in 1962, construction of a new dam on the Levisa Fork was begun less than a mile past the location of today's Clark Elkhorn plant in order to form Fish Trap Lake.
	www.davehonan.com /spring04/levisa.html (457 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first known permanent settlement in Pike County was made in 1790 at the mouth of Sycamore Creek, on Lower Johns Creek by the family of William Robert Lesley.
		The first session of the county court met on March 4, 1822, at the home of Spenser Adkins on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River.
		Opposition by settlers north of the Levisa Fork led to a decision the following year to relocate the seat to Elijah Adkins’ property at Peach Orchard Bottom, across the Levisa Fork from the mouth of Lower Chloe Creek.
	www.tourpikecounty.com /history.htm (363 words)

	Bartlick Splashdam on the Russell Fork River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Dickenson County, Virginia there is a place called the Cranes Nest that is the start of the Russell Fork of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River.
		This started the organized journey down the remaining 12 miles of the Russell Fork and into the Levisa Fork at Millard and on to the Big Sandy River at Louisa and finally into Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
		The waters of the Russell Fork do not totally “Pool out” until they reach Millard, which is 12 miles further down the river.
	www.elkhorncity.org /splash.htm (1565 words)

	Swift's Silver Mine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He is thought to have dropped some of these in a fork of the Sandy while crossing it under the fire of Indians, hence the name "Tug Fork".
		At the forks of the Sandy, some were to go up the West or Louisa (Levisa) Fork and the others on west.
		Geographically, the County is drained by the Levisa Fork of the Sandy River and thus should be included in the Kentucky Legends.
	www.dickensoncounty.net /swiftsilver.html (5970 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Floyd County, KY (Levisa ...
		Many Floyd County communities within the floodplain of the Levisa Fork and Russell Fork and tributaries were devastated by the April 1977 flood, which was the flood of record for much of the region.
		Floodwalls would prevent Levisa Fork overtopping in the Blackbottom area, which now causes flooding in the central business district as well as in Blackbottom.
		All persons and organizations that have an interest in the Levisa Fork Basin flooding problems as they affect Floyd County and the environment are urged to participate in this NEPA process.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2006/May/Day-05/i4235.htm (747 words)

	Kentucky River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over time the name Louisa became Levisa and shifted to the nearby stream today called Levisa Fork River.
		The Middle Fork Kentucky River is a tributary of the North Fork Kentucky River, approximately 85 mi (137 km) long, in southeastern Kentucky in the United States.
		North of the reservoir it flows generally northwest and joins the North Fork in Lee County, approximately 5 mi (8 km) east of the confluence of the North and South forks at Beattyville.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kentucky_River (694 words)

	Cumberland River Trail
		In April, Virginia bluebells blanket the riverside slopes of the Middle Fork of Rockcastle River.
		The free-flowing Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and its tributaries pass through 90 miles of scenic gorges and valleys containing a wide range of natural and historic features.
		Habitat and Trail info: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is located in north central Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky in some of the most rugged terrain of the Cumberland Plateau.
	www.trailsrus.com /wildlife/cumberland_river.html (1874 words)

	Eco - Russell Fork
		Founded in 1995 to help call attention to environmental degradation at the hands of mining and timber companies, and raise funds to protect the area's natural integrity, the event has seen attendance explode from 150 to more than 1,000 in four short years.
		The Russell Fork region has long been a provider of timber and fossil fuels, adds Jerry Elkins, a fifth generation local and president of Headwaters, an environmental group focusing on issues around the Russell Fork, and now it is threatened by a new form of mining--natural gas development.
		"The Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River, a sister stream of the Russell Fork, has already dried up at its headwaters," he maintains.
	www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/1999_1/Ecorus.htm (489 words)

	Levisa River Chapter, NSDAR, About Us
		The Levisa Fork River (also called simply Levisa or the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River) is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, approximately 164 miles (264 km) long, in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky in the United States.
		It flows west into Pike County, Kentucky, where it receives the Russell Fork River and is impounded to form Fishtrap Lake Resevoir, then northwest past Pikesville and Prestonsburg.
		During the 1890-1910 period, no less than eighty-eight steamboats operated on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy.
	www.levisariverdar.org /AboutUs.htm (251 words)

	Pike County, Kentucky Genealogical Records Information
		The county is separated from West Virginia by the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, while Pine Mountain forms the border with Virginia.
		Over two-thirds of its area is drained by the larger of these, the Levisa and its main Pike County tributaries (the Johns, Island, Shelby, Grapevine, and Feds creeks and Russell Fork).
		Pikeville, the county's largest city, is on the Levisa Fork, seven and a half stream miles from the Floyd County line and 145 road miles east-southeast of downtown Lexington.
	www.mykentuckygenealogy.com /ky_county/pi.htm (1720 words)

	Amazon.com: "Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		See all pages with references to Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy.
		This 6th class city, inc as Allen City, lies at the confluence of Beaver Creek and the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy R, 3'h mi s of Prestonsburg.
		builders followed the valleys of the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River, the North Fork of the Kentucky and the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Levisa-Fork-of-the-Big-Sandy (582 words)

	Dickenson County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The principal streams are the Russell Fork, Pound, Cranesnest, and McClure Rivers.
		Making their way on foot, they came onto the headwaters of the Russell Fork River and camped at a salt lick where wild game was abundant.
		The Russell Fork, considered unrunnable just a decade ago, is now rated by knowledgeable whitewater experts as the most technically difficult commercially rafted river in the eastern United States.
	dickensoncounty.net (1570 words)

	Proposed state park threatened Virginia coal waste spill rolling down Levisa Fork
		Virginia officials had not calculated how much coal waste had been discharged into the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River on Wednesday and Thursday, but Kentucky officials said yesterday a 12-mile-long plume of sediment from the first spill had reached Lick Creek, 14 miles upstream from the dam.
		Abbott said both spills came during heavy rains in Buchannan County, Va., near the Levisa Fork.
		Current mining along the Levisa also contributes to the problem, he said.
	www.sludgesafety.org /news/old/2003_12_13.html (658 words)

	Prestonsburg, Kentucky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prestonsburg, the seat of Floyd county, is located on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River.
		It was founded in 1797 and was originally known as Preston's Station, for John Preston.
		Built in 1817, it is the oldest brick house in the Big Sandy valley and is currently being restored.
	www.uky.edu /KentuckyAtlas/ky-prestonsburg.html (107 words)

	Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia Publication 2 - 1966
		Scott in 1785, it is hardly likely that Hobbs would have gone beyond this pass up the North Fork of Powell to the present town of Norton.
		In 1832 Fayette and his wife were living on the south side of the North Fork of the Holston River on a farm later known as the Pen Henderson Place and near the present bridge on the Wadlow Gap road, then known as the Block Road.
		Too, he operated a ferry boat across the North Fork of the Holston River for a period of time until this business was destroyed in the early 1840's by the construction of a carriage bridge near the same place.
	www.newrivernotes.com /swva/hssv-2.htm (21356 words)

	Appalachian Voice Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		GRUNDY—Wade McNeely, a disabled coal miner, stood along the Levisa Fork, marveling at the river’s bounty and waste.
		The Levisa’s floodwaters have long worried this rural community in Virginia’s coalfields—Grundy has nearly been washed off the map many times—but now it is the river’s water quality that has residents concerned.
		Marsh Fork Elementary School is near the foot of Kayford Mountain.
	www.appvoices.org /index.php?/avforum/newsforum/C6/P15 (8180 words)

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