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Brushy Creek Dam #8, North Carolina
Brushy Creek Dam #8 on the UT to North Toe River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.9393, -81.9957 · Avery County · NID NC01852. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
UT to North Toe River 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
- Sibelco North America, Inc. Private
- Purpose
- Other
- Completed
- 1965
- Type
- Other
- Height
- 28 ft
- Length
- 1717 ft
- Storage
- 150 acre-ft · 10 acre pool
- Drainage
- 0 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · 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
- North Toe River 0.02 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Brushy Creek 0.13 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Harris Creek 0.64 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- White Oak Creek 0.82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba R at Sr1223 Bl Lk James Nr Bridgewater, Nc | 16.4 mi | 66.2 °F | 113 cfs |
| Catawba R Nr Pleasant Gardens, Nc | 17.9 mi | 66.4 °F | 296 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
- Spruce Pine Riverside Park 4.4 mi · walk in · North Toe 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
- Deep South Co Outfitters 15.5 mi · Elk Park · +18282605963
- Buck Creek Trout Farm 15.9 mi · Marion · +18287249612
- Footsloggers Outdoor & Travel Outfitters 22.3 mi · +1 828-295-4453
- The Speckled Trout Outfitters 22.3 mi · Blowing Rock
- Fly Shop 24.8 mi