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Walters Dam, North Carolina
Walters Dam on the Pigeon in North Carolina.
Open in BirdTrout35.6949, -83.0506 · Haywood County · NID NC00318. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Pigeon 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
- 1929
- Type
- Arch
- Height
- 208 ft
- Length
- 900 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 17,000 acre-ft · 359 acre pool
- Drainage
- 455 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
- Cataloochee Creek 0.22 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Early Creek 0.68 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Wilkins Creek 0.98 mi from the dam · Wild Trout Waters · wild (NCWRC)
- Dicks Branch 1.03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon R Bl Power Plant Nr Waterville, Nc | 7.0 mi | 70.5 °F | 474 cfs |
| Pigeon River near Canton, Nc | 16.5 mi | 67.1 °F | 92 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
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop 12.7 mi · Maggie Valley · +18284766710
- Bluff Mountain Outfitters 18.5 mi · Hot Springs
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop 24.2 mi · Sylva
- Curtis Wright Outfitters 27.5 mi · Weaverville · +18286458700
- Hunter Banks Fly Fishing 28.7 mi · Asheville