Being a river town , Cloverport has been subjected to several floods over the year . The Ohio River Flood of 1884 had been what all other floods which have struck the city were compared to until 1937 . A flood in January of 1907 crested at two feet below the 1884 high water mark . The city was also struck by the Great Flood of 1913 . The Phelps ' Button factory flooded leaving many out of work and many other families were forced to leave their homes . It was reported that the flood waters were seven feet over the Tar Fork bridge and neck deep on a horse at Hites Run . All of the homes across the river in Tobinsport , Indiana were under water . The Ohio River flood of 1937 saw seventy percent of the town 's residents hit by the flood waters . The crest of the flood at the downstream Cannelton Locks and Dam was measured at 60.8 feet . This is over six feet higher than the next highest flood , which was the 1945 flood that crested at 54.4 feet . Cloverport was also hit by large floods in 1997 , 2011 , and 2018
Great Flood of 1913
Great Flood of 1913
Cloverport, Kentucky