36.6781, -80.3972 · Patrick County ·
NID VA141001. Tap the map to open this water in the
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What the runs do here
Dan 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
Northbrook Carolina Hydro II, LLC Private
Purpose
Hydroelectric
Completed
1938
Type
Arch
Height
144 ft
Length
510 ft
Spillway
Uncontrolled, 80 ft wide
Storage
7,540 acre-ft · 165 acre pool
Drainage
20 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
Dan River
0.56 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
Sawpit Branch
1.45 mi from the dam · Class II · wild (VDWR)
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
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 20 miles of this dam, so
this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about
the water.
Getting to it
The dam sits on or beside public land,
CNTY.
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
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