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Sossamon Dam, North Carolina
Sossamon Dam on Lemmons Branch in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.4295, -83.4602 · Swain County · NID NC04334. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Lemmons Branch 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
- Great Smokies Sky Camp, LLC Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Completed
- 1957
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 25 ft
- Length
- 150 ft
- Storage
- 11 acre-ft · 1 acre pool
- Drainage
- 0 sq mi
- Condition
- Poor · 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
- Tuckasegee River 0.49 mi from the dam · Delayed Harvest Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Buckner Branch 0.58 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Toot Hollow Branch 0.67 mi from the dam · Delayed Harvest Trout Waters · stocked holdover (NCWRC)
- Cripple Creek 0.68 mi from the dam · Delayed Harvest 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 | 6.4 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
- Tuckasegee 0.5 mi · walk in · Tuckasegee River
- Bryson City Fishing Pier 0.9 mi · walk in · Tuckasegee River
- David Monteith Park 1.1 mi · walk in · Tuckasegee River
- Old 288 1.5 mi · boat launch · Tuckasegee River
- Flat Branch 5.2 mi · boat launch · Fontana Lake
- Sawmill Creek 5.7 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
- Carolina Outfitters 9.7 mi
- NOC Outfitter's Store 10.0 mi · Bryson City · +18284887230
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop 13.9 mi · Sylva
- Casters Fly Shop 17.7 mi · Franklin
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop 22.1 mi · Maggie Valley · +18284766710