Blandville Rd & Middle Fork, Massac Cr. - 1.7 Traditional Cache
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Blandville Rd & Middle Fork, Massac Cr. - 1.7
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This is one in a series of caches that focus on the Massac Creek
Watershed of McCracken County, Kentucky. You will be looking for a
small, preformed test tube with a log and a pencil (BYOP just in
case). Each container is located near one of the streams that
compose a part of the Massac Creek watershed. The title of each
cache indicates the nearest road crossing and the stream milage
from its mouth. A small pull off is located at the cache site. Stay
behind the guardrail as you approach G
Blandville Road (US-62) crosses
Middle Fork at 1.7 miles from its union with the main stream of
Massac Creek, 4.25 miles from the Ohio River. The Middle Fork is
6.5 miles long, beginning it journey just south of Florence Station
Road. The Massac Creek Watershed comprises more than 75
square miles, eventually draining about 1/3rd of McCracken County
into the Ohio River (see map below). A USGS
Gaging Station located at the US-62/Blandville Road
bridge. The creek is home to many species of fish, including
gar and bluegill. Massac Creek was named and charted in the late
1830's and early 1840's when Paducah was founded. For many
years it was used to power the Maxon Saw Mill.
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