Levisa Fork at Paintsville

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What floods at each level

• 47.4 ft

  100 year return period flood.

• 45.92 ft

  Flooding will exceed the highest flood on record. Ninety percent of businesses and eighty percent of homes are flooded.

• 44.6 ft

  50 year return period flood.

• 44 ft

  Right bank overtopped.

• 42 ft

  Major flooding occurs. Businesses begin to flood.

• 39 ft

  10 year return period flood.

• 38 ft

  Moderate flooding occurs. Water enters houses along Bridge Street, Frank Street, and Euclid Avenue.

• 35.5 ft

  Water is in the Veterans Referral Center building on Euclid Avenue.

• 35 ft

  Low lying areas flood. The underpass at KY 40 is closed, separating the town east of the river. Left bank is overtopped, flooding Bridge Street.

• 32 ft

  Water covers low spot on underpass of KY 40.

Highest crests on record

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