Kentucky Division of Water (DOW)
Water Maps Portal

This gallery includes Kentucky Division of Water Story Map applications created with esri's arcgis.com templates. The Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection Information Section collaborated with the Division of Water to prepare the content for each application. Click here or on the Story Map Gallery icon to go to the Gallery.

The Kentucky Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Viewer provides the latest information on the status of HAB recreational health advisories in the Commonwealth. Advisories are based on potential public health risks from algal toxins found in Kentucky’s lakes and rivers. Click here or on the map icon to go to the HAB viewer.

The Special Use Waters (For Forestry) Viewer provides information regarding waters of the Commonwealth with unique characteristics that affords them special protections. This application allows users, specifically the forestry industry, to determine the special use designation of the bordering or receiving waters to their area of interest, which can assist them in determining the proper buffer zones to prevent degradation of those waters. Click here or the map icon to open the application and learn more.

The Drought Viewer allows the public to see current drought conditions by county, and provides detailed information on the severity of drought conditions. Drought Action Levels are defined using both physical measures of climatic, hydrologic or agronomic factors and reported impacts and are used to determine the involvement by state agencies. Water Shortage Watches and Warnings are intended to encourage increased awareness by water supply managers and help local governments communicate the severity of the drought situation or that a critical water shortage is imminent.

Here, you will find interactive maps and resources to visualize the flood risk in your area, access supporting data, and learn more about the status of ongoing flood studies in Kentucky.

The Well Driller Locator allows interested parties to find contact information (based on business location) for a drilling company certified to operate in Kentucky. Click here or on the Well Driller Locator icon to go to see who is certified to operate in Kentucky.

The Source Water Protection Viewer was compiled as a service to the public and public water systems using information from a variety of sources. Data, information, reports and maps on this viewer are for informational purposes only and are subject to revision or correction at any time. The data, information, reports and maps are not official documents. THis viewer is not intended to be used for regulatory or other decision making purposes. Any visitor to this site uses it at their own risk.

The Kentucky Dam Inundation Area Viewer is designed to help property owners, local municipalities, and other interested stakeholders to determine if properties of interest may be impacted by the failure of a high hazard dam regulated by the Kentucky Division of Water. The viewer includes locations of regulated high hazard dams, modeled inundation areas, building footprints that fall within the inundation areas, and the FEMA National Flood Hazard 1% flood risk areas.

Special waters are waters listed in Kentucky Administrative Regulations (KAR) that are worthy of additional protection. The Special Waters Viewer provides information on waters with a higher designated use category (Cold Water Aquatic Habitat or Outstanding State Resource Water) as promulgated in 401 KAR 10:026 or with a higher antidegradation category (Outstanding National Resource Water or Exceptional Water) as promulgated in 401 KAR 10:030. Reference reach waters and waters that support federally-listed threatened or endangered species are also indicated. In addition, any candidate waters for the above categories are shown from the time of proposal until the promulgation process is complete. If no candidate waters are shown, then none are currently proposed. This viewer will assist the user in determining the additional criteria (401 KAR 10:031) or the antidegradation requirements (401 KAR 10:030) applicable to a special water of interest.