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State Hydrology Series
Hydrologic and watershed coverages
| Descriptions | Click to Download |
|---|---|
| Kentucky Water Resources Information System | Public Water and Sewer (KIA) |
| 14-DIGIT HUCS | Download 14-digit HUCS |
| Hi-res National Hydrography Data | High-res data by basin (up to 22 Mb) |
| Hi-res National Hydrography Data | NHD 100k Streams by county (up to 280 Kb) |
| Hi-res National Hydrography Data | NHD 24k Streams by County (up to 1.7 Mb) |
| Hi-res National Hydrography Data | NHD 24k Waterbodies by County (up to 1.9 Mb) |
| TMDL data from KY DOW | |
| Source-Water Protection Areas (DOW) | |
| 305(b) Program | |
| Search Water Wells and Springs (KY Groundwater Data Repository) | |
| Groundwater Sensitivity Regions | sensitivity.ZIP (3.7 Mb) |
| Karst Dye Traces | karstdye.ZIP (0.7 Mb) |
| Kentucky Sinkhole Drainage Areas | Download Kentucky Sinkhole Drainage Areas (80Mb) |
| Karst Geology (500k) | karst500k.zip (1.1 Mb) |
| Named Lakes--Kentucky Fish and Wildlife | KDFWR_Named_Lakes.zip (4.4 Mb) |
| Regulated Dams | dowdams.ZIP (0.3 Mb) |
| KY Wetlands | |