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Sloop Lake Dam, North Carolina
Sloop Lake Dam on the Linville River in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout36.0109, -81.9235 · Avery County · NID NC01236. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Linville 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
- William M Sloop Private
- Purpose
- Other, Recreation
- Completed
- 1922
- Type
- Other
- Height
- 25 ft
- Length
- 222 ft
- Storage
- 150 acre-ft · 13 acre pool
- Drainage
- 24 sq mi
- 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
- Linville River 0.02 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Mill Timber Creek 0.26 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Bill White Creek 0.89 mi from the dam · Hatchery Supported Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Jenny Branch 0.96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba R at Sr1223 Bl Lk James Nr Bridgewater, Nc | 19.3 mi | 66.2 °F | 113 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
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
- Deep South Co Outfitters 11.2 mi · Elk Park · +18282605963
- Footsloggers Outdoor & Travel Outfitters 16.2 mi · +1 828-295-4453
- The Speckled Trout Outfitters 16.2 mi · Blowing Rock
- Fly Shop 18.4 mi
- Appalachian Outfitters 19.4 mi · Boone · +1-828-372-7003