Title: Surface mining and the flood of April 1977
Description: Data from experimental sites in Breathitt County, Kentucky, and Raleigh County, West Virginia, showed that during a major rainstorm on 4 April 1977 streamflow from surface-mined watersheds peaked lower than that from adjacent or nearby unmined watersheds.
Subjects: Strip mining, Watersheds
Places: Kentucky, Breathitt County, West Virginia, Raleigh County