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Lowe Dam, North Carolina
Lowe Dam on the Fisher River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout36.5331, -80.8629 · Surry County · NID NC04287. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
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
- James G Henson Private
- Purpose
- Flood Risk Reduction, Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 26 ft
- Length
- 142 ft
- Spillway
- None
- Storage
- 28 acre-ft · 3 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1 sq mi
- Condition
- Not Rated · 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
- Fisher River 0.13 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 | 10.2 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
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
- New River Outfitters 26.7 mi · Crumpler · +13369829192