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Schmehl Dam, North Carolina
Schmehl Dam on the Tuckaseegee River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.4393, -83.3677 · Swain County · NID NC04326. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Tuckaseegee 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
- Jeremy T Sims Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 35 ft
- Storage
- 14 acre-ft
- Condition
- Poor · 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
- Connelly Creek 0.56 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oconaluftee River at Birdtown, Nc | 1.7 mi | 65.5 °F | 635 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
- Bryson City Fishing Pier 4.3 mi · walk in · Tuckasegee River
- Tuckasegee 5.3 mi · walk in · Tuckasegee River
- David Monteith Park 6.3 mi · walk in · Tuckasegee River
- Old 288 6.7 mi · boat launch · Tuckasegee 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
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop 9.3 mi · Sylva
- Carolina Outfitters 14.2 mi
- NOC Outfitter's Store 14.6 mi · Bryson City · +18284887230
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop 16.9 mi · Maggie Valley · +18284766710
- Casters Fly Shop 17.8 mi · Franklin