Pounder Falls is a waterfall on Pounder Branch in Laurel County, Kentucky, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 70 feet. It lies about 11.3 miles west of North Corbin and roughly 67.6 miles south of Lexington as the crow flies.
At 70 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 25 Kentucky waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 7th. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Southwestern Appalachians are the Cumberland Plateau and its escarpments, a sandstone tableland covered in oak and mixed mesophytic forest and cut by deep gorges. Creeks pour off the plateau rim over sandstone caprock into gorges, creating many tall, dramatic falls.
There are 4 recorded waterfalls in Laurel County. Vanhook Falls, a 40-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Craig Creek Falls, is about 5.1 miles away. Dutch Branch Falls, a plunge waterfall, is about 5.6 miles away.
Pounder Falls is located at 37.0229° N, 84.2829° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.