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Bark Camp Dam, Virginia
Bark Camp Dam on Little Stony Creek in Virginia.
Open in BirdTrout36.8674, -82.5201 · Scott County · NID VA169001. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Little Stony Creek carries no anadromous run on our corridor map, so this page makes no claim about salmon or steelhead at this dam. What it sits on is coldwater — resident trout water — and the section below says which classification says so.
The structure
- Owner
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources State
- Purpose
- Recreation, Water Supply
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 35 ft
- Length
- 650 ft
- Storage
- 1,000 acre-ft · 46 acre pool
- Drainage
- 3 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · High hazard potential
- Status
- Normal Operations
From the National Inventory of Dams (USACE). Hazard potential is a downstream-consequence classification, not a statement about the structure's condition.
The water above and below
- Little Stony Creek 0.3 mi from the dam · Class VI · stocked holdover (VDWR)
Coldwater designation is the state's own classification. A dam sits on one river and this list is every designated reach within a mile and a half of it, so a tributary mouth shows up here too.
Water right now
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinch River at Route 65 at Dungannon, Va | 4.1 mi | 71.1 °F | — |
| Guest River near Miller Yard, VA | 6.4 mi | — | — |
| N F Holston River near Gate City, VA | 18.1 mi | 73.8 °F | 277 cfs |
Live from USGS. A gauge miles away is a gauge miles away — the distance column is there so you can discount it. A hydro dam's releases move the flow below it on a schedule the gauge sees and this page does not.
Getting to it
The dam sits on or beside public land, USFS.
- Bark Camp Lake 0.1 mi · Bark Camp Lake
- Dungannon 4.1 mi · boat launch · Clinch River
Public access sites near the dam, straight-line distance. A dam itself is private property unless its owner says otherwise; these are the places the state lists as open.
Fly shops nearby
- Clinch Life Outfitters 11.9 mi · St. Paul · +1-276-608-6907
- Big Bore Outfitters 14.0 mi · Big Stone Gap