Kentucky Woods and Waters: Government Documents

EPA research on mountaintop mining examines the impacts of mining on headwater streams and other water resources near mining sites. This research lends scientific support to guidance documents for land managers to provide for mining flexibility while protecting the environment and public health.

EPA publications

EPA research on drinking water, watersheds and aquatic ecosystems, and more.

Information on how EPA implements environmental laws that affect surface coal mining in Appalachia, and about other EPA efforts to reduce the adverse impacts of coal mining

Browse more than 150,000 publications authored by our scientists over the past 100+ year history of the USGS. Publications available are: USGS-authored journal articles, series reports, book chapters, other government publications, and more.

The database currently contains data from January 1950 to May 2019, as entered by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS). Due to changes in the data collection and processing procedures over time, there are unique periods of record available depending on the event type.

Searchable database of all documented tornadoes that have touched down in the NWS Jackson, KY forecast and warning area since 1845.

Click on the "Flooding" tab - scroll down to see historic flooding events:
The East Kentucky Flood of April 1977
Remembering the Flood of '57
The Flash Flood Disaster of 1939
Click on the "Winter" tab - scroll down to see historic winter events:
Paralyzing Winter Storm of January 1994
Blizzard of 1993
Spring Snowstorm of April 2-5, 1987
The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950

Under each tab (Thunderstorms/Tornadoes, Flooding, Winter, etc.) scroll down to see links to historic weather event summaries.
The Great Flood of 1937

Air, Waste, Water, Compliance Assistance, Enforcement, and Environmental Program Support

Conservation, Forestry, Mining, and Oil & Gas

Conserving Kentucky's Natural Areas, Kentucky Biological Assessment Tool, Kentucky's Biodiversity, Get Involved, and About Us -- Natural Areas Inventory, Natural Areas (map)