Kentucky

• - TOTAL AREA: 40,410 square miles
• - LAND AREA: 39,669 square miles
• - WATER AREA: 740 square miles
• - AVERAGE ELEVATION: 750 feet
• - HIGHEST POINT: Black Mountain, 4,139 feet
• - LOWEST POINT: Mississippi River, 257 feet
• - HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 114 degrees Fahrenheit
• - LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -34 degrees Fahrenheit
• - NATURAL RESOURCES: Coal, petroleum, stone
• - LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 79,300 acres
• - FEDERAL LANDS: 5.5% owned by federal government
• - FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 260,000,000 gallons per day
• - ANNUAL SOIL EROSION: 56,500,000 tons
• - HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 17 sites on national priority list