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Queens Creek Dam, North Carolina
Queens Creek Dam on the Queens Creek, Nantahala River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.275661, -83.656621 · Macon County · NID NC00333. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Queens Creek, Nantahala 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
- Duke Energy Public Utility
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric
- Completed
- 1949
- Type
- Rockfill
- Height
- 78 ft
- Length
- 382 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 135 ft wide
- Storage
- 500 acre-ft · 29 acre pool
- Drainage
- 4 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · High hazard potential
- Status
- Normal Operations
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
- Queens Creek 0.09 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Nantahala River 0.66 mi from the dam · Delayed Harvest Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Piercy Creek 0.95 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Ledbetter Creek 1.05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheoah River Nr Bearpen Gap Nr Tapoco, Nc | 18.6 mi | 72.1 °F | 241 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
- Rocky Branch 6.5 mi · boat launch · Nantahala Lake
- Choga Road 6.9 mi · boat launch · Nantahala Lake
- Rattlesnake Creek 7.9 mi · walk in · Little Tennessee River
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
- NOC Outfitter's Store 5.3 mi · Bryson City · +18284887230
- Carolina Outfitters 5.6 mi
- Casters Fly Shop 16.8 mi · Franklin
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop 25.4 mi · Sylva
- GSM Outfitters 31.0 mi · Sevierville