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Lora Young Dam, North Carolina
Lora Young Dam on Upper Creek in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.1305, -82.7594 · Transylvania County · NID NC00202. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Upper 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
- East Fork Lake Property, LLC Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 36 ft
- Length
- 520 ft
- Storage
- 210 acre-ft · 12 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1 sq mi
- Condition
- Unsatisfactory · 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
- East Fork French Broad River 0.56 mi from the dam · Delayed Harvest Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Middle Creek 0.68 mi from the dam · Delayed Harvest Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Glady Fork 0.76 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Laurel Branch 0.88 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
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 20 miles of this dam, so this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about the water.
Getting to it
- Hap Simpson Park 6.4 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 8.5 mi · Pisgah Forest
- Brookings Anglers 19.2 mi · Cashiers
- Highland Hiker 19.2 mi · Cashiers
- Jocassee Outfitters Fly Shop and Fly Fishing Guide Service 21.0 mi · Salem
- Cole's Bait Shop and Kayak Rental 27.9 mi