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Eastern Coal Field Overview The Land Topography Ridge and Valley Cumberland Plateau Terrain Cumberland Valley Cumberland Escarpment Elevation Coal Train Geology Mountain and Creek Bottom Sandstone, Pikeville Formation Johnson County Calcareous Sandstone Puncheon Camp Creek Sandstone, Cumberland Escarpment Princess Arch Broke Leg Falls Cowbell Siltstone Carter Caves Geology, Cumberland Plateau Red and Green Shale Sandstone, Pine Mountain Manmade Landscapes Mountaintop Removal Post-mine Land Uses Commerical/Residential Wildlife Development Construction Hazards Flooding Floodplain Construction Relocation Levees Flow Diversion Pikeville, 1974 Road Construction Roads on shale Pavement Failure Landslides and Slope Stability Construction on Slopes Construction on Shale Mine Subsidence Underground Mine Blowout Farmland Alluvium, Cumberland Plateau Alluvium, Mountain and Creek Bottom Region Preservation and the Natural World Bad Branch Wetlands Kudzu Wildlife Butterfly Cluster Butterfly and Thistle Lizard Loretta Lynn Historic Salyersville Iron Furnaces Fitchburg Furnace

The People Communities Population Change Population Density Stability Under 18 65 and over Ethnic Diversity Economy Median Income Unemployment Poverty Government Employment Federal Expenditures Per Capita Education High School Graduates Union College College Graduates The Resources Recreation and Tourism Recreational Lakes Carr Fork Lake Dewey Lake Panbowl Lake Nature's Playground The Breaks Parks Energy Resources Coal Mine Production Mined Areas Surface Mining Auger Mining Oil Production Natural Gas Production Timber and Lumber Industry Limestone Water Public Water Supplies North Fork Kentucky River Percent on Public Water Groundwater Domestic Water Wells Percent on Public Sewer Wastewater Treatment Goose Creek