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Paint Creek

Creek on Cumberland Plateau, Appalachian Mountains in Paintsville, KY

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Paint Creek is a 20.1-mile-long (32.3 km) tributary of the Levisa Fork in Johnson County, Kentucky. The stream is formed at the confluence of the Little Paint and Open Fork creeks. It is named for the colorful Adena Indian ideographs that were painted on white birch trees and rocks that once lined the stream. Paint Creek rises in extreme western Johnson County and begins to flow southeast. In 1983, part of Paint Creek was impounded, forming Paintsville Lake. After passing through the Paintsville Lake dam, the stream passes through the city of Paintsville, where it joins the Levisa Fork. Paint Creek is the only designated trout stream in Johnson County. The water level of the creek is dependent upon rainfall, and can vary from very shallow to deep and rapid depending on recent weather…

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