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Burdettes Dam, Virginia
Burdettes Dam on Roaring Run in Virginia.
Open in BirdTrout36.9433, -80.1761 · Franklin County · NID VA067005. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Roaring Run 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
- The Nature Conservancy Attn: Tl Dispositions Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 26 ft
- Storage
- 51 acre-ft · 1 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1 sq mi
- Condition
- Poor · Undetermined hazard potential
- Status
- Under Investigation, Planning, Permitting, or Design for Remediation
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
- Roaring Run 0.02 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
- Silverleaf Branch 0.39 mi from the dam · Class III · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith River near Philpott, Va | 14.0 mi | 44.6 °F | 137 cfs |
| Smith River at Bassett, Va | 15.4 mi | 48.9 °F | 164 cfs |
| S F Roanoke River near Shawsville, VA | 14.5 mi | — | 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. 1 of the gauges above is not sending water temperature at all — a stopped gauge still answers with the last value it ever sent and nothing to say so, so those rows carry a modelled figure where one can be fitted, marked as modelled, and a dash where it cannot.
Getting to it
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
- Walkabout Outfitter 22.4 mi · Blacksburg · +1-540-739-3263
- Blue Ridge Fly Fishers 26.1 mi · Roanoke
- Bob's Up The Creek Outfitters 34.8 mi