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Camp Daniel Boone Lake Dam, North Carolina
Camp Daniel Boone Lake Dam on the Little E. Fork Pigeon River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.3925, -82.8975 · Haywood County · NID NC01230. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Little E. Fork Pigeon 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
- Daniel Boone Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Completed
- 1951
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 36 ft
- Length
- 400 ft
- Storage
- 87 acre-ft · 4 acre pool
- Drainage
- 7 sq mi
- Condition
- Fair · 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
- Little East Fork Pigeon River 0.17 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Sorrell Creek 0.45 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Big Branch 0.47 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Scapecat Branch 0.73 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (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 | 2.3 mi | 61.9 °F | 39 cfs |
| Pigeon River near Canton, Nc | 9.4 mi | 67.5 °F | 94 cfs |
| Mills River near Mills River, Nc | 17.0 mi | 64.6 °F | 65 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
- Cold Mountain 2.1 mi · walk in · West Fork Pigeon River
- Cold Mountain 2 2.5 mi · walk in · West Fork Pigeon 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
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop 13.2 mi · Maggie Valley · +18284766710
- Davidson River Outfitters 14.4 mi · Pisgah Forest
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop 18.3 mi · Sylva
- Highland Hiker 22.5 mi · Cashiers
- Brookings Anglers 22.6 mi · Cashiers
The river this is on
- Little East Fork Pigeon River Live temperature, regulations, hatches and access on the whole river →