Little River's South Fork

Little River, South Fork, east of Hopkinsville, KY

This photo of the South Fork of Little River was taken from the bridge on Little River Church Road in eastern Christian County, Kentucky, during the summer of 2013. The South Fork looks quiet and docile here, but whenever we get a period of heavy rain, it overflows its banks and spills into the nearby fields, covering the bridge and the roads that approach it. Not uncommonly, the flood waters menace the Little River Church of Christ, a quarter-mile or so from the bridge.

The photo below was taken in 2016, when the flooded South Fork was exhibiting typical behavior from the dark side of its personality. Little River Church Road, the blacktop seen in the photo, was closed, and the bridge was probably under water.

The flooded South Fork seen from Highway 68/80