HGTV Hometown Takeover Submission 

HGTV "Help us bring back our town"! This video was submitted Feb 7, 2020 to the HGTV Hometown Takeover contest. It is a message that educates the audience about our community, our heart, and our perservence. Thank you to everyone who helped in the making of this video on such short notice. You are the ones who made it possible. #HGTV #beattyville ​

Beattyville Under Water

James Madison Beatty, the first County Attorney, and his wife Josephine, donated land in Beattyville for a courthouse and jail, and the county seat soon moved from Proctor to the new Beattyville, which was chartered in 1850.

There have been many floods where the Kentucky River overflowed its banks and drowned the City of Beattyville. Every time the town cleaned up, renovated, and went back to business as usual. There have been fewer floods once the lock was constructed at Buckhorn Lake State Park, which is 30 miles upriver on the Middle Fork. 

Historic Crest for Heidelberg 
on the Kentucky River.
Flood Stage : 20.0 ft

1  35.6  ft  on 02/04/1939  (120 000 cfs)
2  35.0  ft  on 01/30/1957  ( 116 000 cfs)
3  34.4  ft  on 03/24/1929  (113 000 cfs)
4  32.6  ft  on 02/15/1948  (104 000 cfs)
5  31.84ft  on 02/02/1951  (100 000 cfs)
6  31.76ft  on 01/09/1946  (90 300 cfs)
7  30.9  ft  on 05/08/1984  (94 600 cfs)
8  30.0  ft  on 12/23/1926  (90 400 cfs)
9  29.98ft  on  02/28/1962  (90 300 cfs)
10 28.9  ft on  02/04/1923  (84 800 cfs)
11 28.74ft on  03/14/1975  (84 000 cfs)
12 28.6 ft  on 13/13/1935   (83 300 cfs)
13 28.32ft  on 12/09/1932  (81 800 cfs)
14 27.9 ft  on 01/31/1932   (79 700 cfs)
15 27.55ft  on 01/12/1974  (77 900 cfs)