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Hughes Dam, North Carolina
Hughes Dam on the UT to Fisher River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout36.4478, -80.7844 · Surry County · NID NC04294. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
UT to Fisher 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
- Jason Lawson Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 30 ft
- Length
- 334 ft
- Spillway
- None
- Storage
- 43 acre-ft · 4 acre pool
- Drainage
- 0 sq mi
- Condition
- Not Rated · Low 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
- Fisher River 0.31 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Flat Branch 1.26 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Burris Creek 1.31 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Red Hill Creek 1.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New River near Galax, VA | 17.5 mi | — | 1,020 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
- Old Highway 601 5.8 mi · walk in · Fisher 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
- New River Outfitters 30.8 mi · Crumpler · +13369829192
- LJ Place 34.3 mi · Harmony · +17045462825