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Old Fort Water Supply Dam, North Carolina
Old Fort Water Supply Dam on Mill Creek in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.6435, -82.2094 · McDowell County · NID NC03384. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Mill 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
- Peele Family, LLC Private
- Purpose
- Water Supply
- Type
- Concrete
- Height
- 25 ft
- Length
- 75 ft
- Storage
- 30 acre-ft · 3 acre pool
- Condition
- Satisfactory · 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
- Jarrett Creek 0.01 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Swannanoa Creek 0.72 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Mill Creek 0.83 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Deep Branch 1.34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba R Nr Pleasant Gardens, Nc | 8.9 mi | 66.4 °F | 296 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.
- Curtis Creek 1.9 mi · walk in · Curtis Creek
- Mountain Gateway Museum 2.0 mi · walk in · Mill Creek
- Lake Tomahawk Park 6.9 mi · walk in · Lake Tomahawk
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
- Take A Hike Outfitters 6.5 mi · Black Mountain · +18286690811
- Buck Creek Trout Farm 7.9 mi · Marion · +18287249612
- Hunter Banks Fly Fishing 19.6 mi · Asheville
- Curtis Wright Outfitters 20.1 mi · Weaverville · +18286458700