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Lower Sherando Dam, Virginia
Lower Sherando Dam on N Fork Back Creek in Virginia.
Open in BirdTrout37.92556, -79.00361 · Augusta County · NID VA015020. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
N Fork Back 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
- USDA FS Federal
- Purpose
- Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Pond
- Completed
- 1934
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 38 ft
- Length
- 335 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled, 22 ft wide
- Storage
- 393 acre-ft
- Drainage
- 4 sq mi
- Condition
- Not Rated · 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
- North Fork Back Creek 0.0 mi from the dam · Class VI · stocked holdover (VDWR)
- South Fork Back Creek 1.19 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
- Orebank Creek 1.25 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
- Mills Creek 1.3 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork Back Creek at Rt 814 near Sherando, VA | 0.9 mi | 64.2 °F | — |
| South Fork Back Creek below Rt 814 Nr Sherando, VA | 1.0 mi | 64.7 °F | — |
| Spruce Creek above Route 151 near Nellysford, VA | 5.4 mi | 62.7 °F | — |
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. 3 of the gauges above are 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
The dam sits on or beside public land, USFS.
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
- South River Fly Shop 11.7 mi · Waynesboro · +1 540-942-5566
- Casta Line Trout Farms 21.9 mi
- Walkabout Outfitters 25.8 mi
- Albemarle Angler 28.7 mi