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Bath County P S Lower Sediment Dam, Virginia
Bath County P S Lower Sediment Dam on Little Back Creek in Virginia.
Open in BirdTrout38.2157, -79.8343 · Bath County · NID VA017011. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Little Back 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 Electric and Power Company Public Utility
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric, Other
- Completed
- 1984
- Type
- Rockfill
- Height
- 27 ft
- Length
- 275 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 69 acre-ft · 20 acre pool
- Drainage
- 3 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · Low 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
- Long Spring Run 0.07 mi from the dam · Class IV · wild (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knapp Creek near Marlinton, Wv | 10.6 mi | 63.3 °F | 26 cfs |
| Back Creek near Mountain Grove, VA | 10.7 mi | 64.4 °F | 32 cfs |
| Jackson River near Bacova, Va | 12.2 mi | 64.0 °F | 26 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.
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
- Casta Line Trout Farms 27.6 mi