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Mead Lake Dam, North Carolina
Mead Lake Dam on Wolf Creek in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.267444, -82.96925 · Jackson County · NID NC01300. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Wolf 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
- Fish and Wildlife Pond, Recreation
- Completed
- 1950 · modified 2008M
- Type
- Concrete
- Height
- 42 ft
- Length
- 120 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 2 ft wide
- Storage
- 82 acre-ft · 20 acre pool
- Drainage
- 3 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
- Wolf Creek 0.01 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Cold Creek 0.3 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Gage Creek 0.47 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Charley Creek 0.79 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
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| W F Pigeon R above Lake Logan Nr Hazelwood, Nc | 9.1 mi | 61.7 °F | 38 cfs |
| Pigeon River near Canton, Nc | 18.9 mi | 67.3 °F | 92 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
The dam sits on or beside public land, USFS.
- Balsam Lake 0.3 mi · walk in · Balsam Lake
- Bear Creek 5.6 mi · boat launch · Bear Creek Lake
- Bear Creek 5.6 mi · walk in · Bear Creek Lake
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
- Highland Hiker 13.0 mi · Cashiers
- Brookings Anglers 13.1 mi · Cashiers
- Davidson River Outfitters 14.5 mi · Pisgah Forest
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop 16.0 mi · Sylva
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop 18.1 mi · Maggie Valley · +18284766710