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Blue Ridge Hills Dam, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Hills Dam on N. Fork Flat Creek in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.1546, -82.9026 · Transylvania County · NID NC01370. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
N. Fork Flat 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
- Edward C Jaroszi Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Completed
- 1974 · modified 2006
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 26 ft
- Length
- 220 ft
- Storage
- 117 acre-ft · 14 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1 sq mi
- Condition
- Poor · High hazard potential
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
- Richland Creek 0.55 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- West Fork French Broad River 1.23 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Jerry Branch 1.35 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Camp Cove Branch 1.48 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| W F Pigeon R above Lake Logan Nr Hazelwood, Nc | 16.8 mi | 61.9 °F | 39 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
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
- Brookings Anglers 11.5 mi · Cashiers
- Highland Hiker 11.5 mi · Cashiers
- Davidson River Outfitters 12.5 mi · Pisgah Forest
- Jocassee Outfitters Fly Shop and Fly Fishing Guide Service 18.5 mi · Salem
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop 23.5 mi · Sylva