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Lake Kenilworth Dam, North Carolina
Lake Kenilworth Dam on Ross Creek in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.5777, -82.5307 · Buncombe County · NID NC00290. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Ross Creek 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
- Ruth L Hampton Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Completed
- 1923
- Type
- Concrete
- Height
- 44 ft
- Length
- 360 ft
- Storage
- 215 acre-ft · 12 acre pool
- Drainage
- 3 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · 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
- Swannanoa River 0.35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Broad River at Haywood Rd at Asheville, Nc | 2.2 mi | 69.8 °F | — |
| French Broad River at Asheville, Nc | 3.4 mi | 70.0 °F | 1,480 cfs |
| French Broad River near Fletcher, Nc | 10.3 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
- Amboy Riverfront Park 2.2 mi · walk in · French Broad River
- Craven Street Bridge 2.4 mi · boat launch · French Broad River
- Charles Owen Park 6.0 mi · walk in · Swannanoa River
- Lake Louise 8.0 mi · walk in · Lake Louise Pond
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
- Hunter Banks Fly Fishing 1.8 mi · Asheville
- Curtis Wright Outfitters 8.4 mi · Weaverville · +18286458700
- Take A Hike Outfitters 12.1 mi · Black Mountain · +18286690811
- Buck Creek Trout Farm 24.3 mi · Marion · +18287249612
- Davidson River Outfitters 25.0 mi · Pisgah Forest