Fish and Wildlife Dams in North Carolina

North Carolina has 70 fish and wildlife dams, of which 37 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates habitat for fish and wildlife, supporting local ecosystems and potentially serving conservation goals.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Big Hickory Pond a Dam	Surry	53	Low	Satisfactory	2004
2	Big Hickory Pond B Dam	Surry	49	Low	Satisfactory	2003
3	Hidden Creek North Dam	Wilkes	48	Low	Not assessed	2009
4	Mead Lake	Jackson	42	Significant	Not assessed	1950
5	Bass Lake Dam	Watauga	42	High	Not assessed	1936
6	Mckenzie Lake Dam	McDowell	41	Low	Satisfactory
7	Stackhouse Dam Upper	Madison	38	High	Poor
8	Price Lake Dam at C.p. Mi.296.7	Watauga	36	High	Not assessed	1964
9	J. Henson Dam	Guilford	34	Low	Not assessed	1995
10	Lynn Thomas Dam	Anson	32	Low	Not assessed	2008
11	San-lee Park Dam	Lee	31	High	Fair	1945
12	Grand Vista Dam	Cherokee	30	Significant	Poor
13	Wilderness Creek Falls Dam Upper	Cherokee	30	Low	Fair	2004
14	Harrington Pond Upper Dam	Anson	29	Low	Poor	1996
15	Harrington Pond Lower Dam	Anson	29	Low	Fair	1996
16	Ronald Morgan Farm Pond Dam	Anson	29	Significant	Fair	1999
17	Wilderness Creek Falls Dam Lower	Cherokee	29	Low	Satisfactory	2004
18	Coltrane Lake Dam	Davidson	28	Low	Not assessed
19	Overby Lake Dam	Davidson	28	Low	Not assessed
20	Trout Lake Dam C.p.pk.mi.294.6	Watauga	28	High	Not assessed	1951
21	Willow Creek Dam #2	Davidson	27	Significant	Fair
22	Martin Lake Dam	Davidson	26	High	Poor
23	Hedrick Lake Dam	Randolph	26	Low	Fair	1977
24	Mcgarry Dam	Cherokee	25	High	Poor
25	Stokes Lake Dam	Davidson	25	Low	Not assessed
26	Estes Lake Dam	McDowell	25	Significant	Satisfactory	1973
27	Highland Orchards Dam	Yadkin	25	High	Fair	2018
28	Powhatan	Buncombe	23	High	Not assessed	1942
29	Table Rock Fish Hatchery Dam	Burke	23	Significant	Fair	1947
30	Thomas Blue Dam #1	Moore	23	Low	Fair
31	Ratliff Pond Dam	Anson	22	Low	Not assessed	1993
32	Charles Harris Dam	Ashe	22	High	Unsatisfactory	1950
33	Coffey Dam	Caldwell	22	High	Poor
34	Dupont Derc Pond #3 Dam	Cumberland	22	Low	Not assessed	2007
35	Sapona Country Club Dam	Davidson	22	High	Fair
36	Deyton Dam	Yancey	22	High	Poor	1950
37	Arrowhead Dam	Anson	20	Low	Poor	1978
38	Greenbriar Development LLC Dam	Cherokee	20	High	Fair	2007
39	Lake Meredith Dam	Moore	20	Low	Fair
40	Regal Pond Dam	Johnston	19	High	Fair	1991
41	Haddon Hall Upper Dam	Wake	19	High	Fair
42	Terry Parker Pond Dam	Johnston	18	High	Fair	2010
43	Stonemont Pond Dam	Wake	18	High	Fair
44	Yachtmans Point Dam	Davidson	17	High	Fair	2004
45	Norman Outlaw Pond Dam	Duplin	17	High	Not assessed
46	Cattail Lake Dam	Johnston	17	Significant	Satisfactory	1937
47	Skitty Creek	Macon	17	High	Not assessed	1936
48	Duncan Dam	Moore	17	Low	Fair	1970
49	Hight Pond Dam	Moore	17	High	Fair
50	Prestwood Lake Dam	Caldwell	15	Significant	Poor
51	Strickland Bridge Dam	Cumberland	15	High	Poor
52	Bennetts Bridge Upper South Dam	Duplin	15	High	Not assessed
53	Thornton Creek Dam	Harnett	15	Significant	Not assessed	2006
54	Hedrick Lake Dam	Moore	15	Low	Fair	1954
55	Hinson Lake Dam	Richmond	15	High	Fair	1935
56	Huneycutt Pig Farm Ag Service Pond Dam	Stanly	15	High	Fair
57	Timberlake Dam	Wake	15	High	Fair
58	Bennetts Bridge Upper North Dam	Duplin	14	High	Not assessed
59	Barton Creek Road Dam	Wake	14	High	Fair
60	Samonds Dam	Mecklenburg	13	High	Fair
61	Pioneer Mill Dam	Cabarrus	11	Significant	Fair
62	Merchants Millpond Dam	Gates	11	High	Fair
63	Francis Dam	Union	8	Significant	Fair
64	Bennetts Bridge Road Dam	Duplin	6	High	Not assessed
65	Nc Hwy 11-903 Dam	Duplin	0	High	Not assessed
66	Ronald Barbour Dam	Johnston	0	High	Fair
67	Ward Dam	Madison	0	High	Satisfactory	2006
68	French Broad Crossing Dam	Madison	0	High	Not assessed
69	Jimmie Bowes Transmission Line Dam	Person	0	High	Fair
70	Straight Fork Road Dam	Swain	0	Significant	Not assessed

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