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Dupont Lake Dam, North Carolina
Dupont Lake Dam on the Little River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.1869, -82.6217 · Transylvania County · NID NC00382. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Little 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
- NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services State
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 30 ft
- Length
- 715 ft
- Storage
- 202 acre-ft · 13 acre pool
- Condition
- Poor · Significant 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 River 0.37 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Reasonover Creek 0.69 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Grassy Creek 0.75 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Hooker Creek 1.07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills River near Mills River, Nc | 14.7 mi | 64.6 °F | 65 cfs |
| French Broad River near Fletcher, Nc | 17.2 mi | 67.8 °F | 1,010 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
The dam sits on or beside public land, OTHS.
- Lake Imaging 1.6 mi · walk in · Lake Imaging
- Penrose 5.8 mi · boat launch · French Broad River
- Hap Simpson Park 5.9 mi · walk in · French Broad River
- Blantyre 7.8 mi · walk in · French Broad 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
- Davidson River Outfitters 6.7 mi · Pisgah Forest
- Cole's Bait Shop and Kayak Rental 22.9 mi
- Half Moon Outfitters 26.3 mi · Greenville
- Brookings Anglers 27.5 mi · Cashiers
- Highland Hiker 27.5 mi · Cashiers