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Nelson County Dam #4, Virginia
Nelson County Dam #4 on coldwater in Virginia.
Open in BirdTrout37.9028, -78.8914 · Nelson County · NID VA125018. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
The water here 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
- Wintergreen POA Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Height
- 26 ft
- Length
- 250 ft
- Storage
- 24 acre-ft · 2 acre pool
- Drainage
- 0 sq mi
- Condition
- Poor · High hazard potential
- Status
- Under Investigation, Planning, Permitting, or Design for Remediation
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
- Little Stony Creek 0.46 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
- Stony Creek 0.46 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
- Spruce Creek 1.31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VA | 1.4 mi | 62.8 °F | — |
| Spruce Creek above Route 151 near Nellysford, VA | 1.6 mi | 62.7 °F | — |
| South Fork Back Creek below Rt 814 Nr Sherando, VA | 5.3 mi | 64.7 °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
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
- South River Fly Shop 11.5 mi · Waynesboro · +1 540-942-5566
- Albemarle Angler 23.6 mi
- Casta Line Trout Farms 28.2 mi
- Walkabout Outfitters 31.1 mi