Flood in Carter County, Kentucky

In the Olive Hill vicinity around 80 homes and 30 businesses were flooded. The Olive Hill sewer plant was damaged. Two churches in the Buffalo Creek drainage, around the community of Carter, had several feet of water inside. Two shelters were opened. Numerous roads were closed and damaged. Schools were closed on the 3rd.||.

Small stream flooding occurred with the final rounds of showers during the evening of the 3rd mostly in the eastern portion of the county. This was mainly along the Little Fork watershed. An earth level had nearly 3 feet of dirt washed away from its center near Willard. ||In the Hitchins to Willard vicinity, the county damage assessment was 20 homes destroyed with 18 other homes with major damage. Another 27 homes had minor damage. A bank and 2 churches also sustained water damage. The former elementary school in Hitchins, now a private school, also had water damage. In the southwestern part of the county, West Brinegar Road had a culvert wash out from Macabee Creek.||The Little Sandy River crested nearly 3 feet higher, compared to the high water on the 11th of March. The water level at Grayson reached 24.5 feet during the afternoon on the 4th. Flood stage is 21 feet. Roads and numerous fields were blocked by high water. Some barns and outbuildings were also surrounded by water.

Numerous roads were blocked by overflowing small streams on the 9th, especially around Hitchins and Willard. Water got into a few buildings along the Dry Fork in the Willard area. This included a church. Along Route 1 at the junction of the Dry Fork and the Little Fork, a non porfit food pantry lost thousands of dollars of food, along with damage to their appliances. A few vehicles were flooded. For a second time this month, homes were flooded in the Hitchins and Willard vicinity. According to county damage assessment, no additional homes were destroyed. The affected dwellings were still trying to clean up from the flood that occurred on the 3rd and 4th of the month. Telephone lines also went down during the afternoon of the 14th around Hitchins. ||A strong rise on the Little Sandy River occurred, rising above flood stage during the midday on the 9th. The crest was 23.6 feet late on the 14th, a little less than a foot lower than on the 4th of April. The water receded by early afternoon on the 15th along the Little Sandy River.