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Cheoah Dam, North Carolina
Cheoah Dam on the Little Tennessee in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.4484, -83.9366 · Graham County · NID NC00393. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Little Tennessee 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
- Brookfield Renewable Energy Group (ARO) Private
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric
- Completed
- 1919
- Type
- Gravity
- Height
- 236 ft
- Length
- 750 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 42,000 acre-ft · 1,767 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1,608 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · High 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
- Otter Rack Branch 0.51 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Clat Branch 0.61 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Bear Creek 0.62 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Yellowhammer Branch 0.71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheoah River Nr Bearpen Gap Nr Tapoco, Nc | 1.2 mi | 72.1 °F | 241 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
- Cheoah Point 6.4 mi · boat launch · Lake Santeetlah
- Lewellyn Branch 6.6 mi · walk in · Cheoah Lake
- Lewellyn Branch 6.6 mi · boat launch · Cheoah Lake
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
- NOC Outfitter's Store 21.0 mi · Bryson City · +18284887230
- Carolina Outfitters 21.7 mi
- GSM Outfitters 25.3 mi · Sevierville
- Hurshel's Outfitters 32.0 mi
- Uncle Lem's Outfitters 32.1 mi · Pigeon Forge · +18653661455