Dams in Cherokee County, North Carolina

29Total Dams

13High Hazard

7Significant

Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Hiwassee Dam	High	Not Available	307	Flood Risk Reduction	1940
Apalachia Dam	High	Not Available	150	Hydroelectric	1943
Andrews Water Supply Dam	High	Fair	85	Water Supply	1986
Pied Piper Dam Lower	High	Poor	41	Recreation	1975
Upper Tanglewood Dam	High	Poor	31	Recreation	1974
Tanglewood Forest Dam Lower	High	Unsatisfactory	30	Recreation	1965
Skomp Dam	High	Fair	28	Recreation	1970
Mcgarry Dam	High	Poor	25	Fish and Wildlife Pond
Hamby Dam	High	Poor	25	Recreation
Hideaway Mountain Lake Dam	High	Poor	23	Recreation
Greenbriar Development Llc Dam	High	Fair	20	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2007
Senecal Dam	High	Fair	18	Recreation	2011
Dills Dam	High	Fair	0	Other
Grand Vista Dam	Significant	Poor	30	Fish and Wildlife Pond
Richard Allen Dam	Significant	Unsatisfactory	25	Recreation	1981
Wood Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	22	Recreation	1934
Armstrong Dam	Significant	Fair	20	Recreation
Headley-may Dam	Significant	Poor	20	Recreation	1958
Suddreth Pond Dam Upper	Significant	Fair	15	Recreation
Suddreth Pond Dam Lower	Significant	Fair	13	Recreation	1965
Wells Lake Dam Upper	Low	Fair	49	Recreation
Wayne Wells Dam	Low	Fair	41	Recreation
Whitmire Lake Dam Lower	Low	Poor	37	Recreation	1955
Persimmon Creek	Low	Not Rated	33	Recreation	1942
Wilderness Creek Falls Dam Upper	Low	Fair	30	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2004
Wells Lake Dam Lower	Low	Fair	30	Recreation
Whitmire Lake Dam Upper	Low	Poor	30	Recreation	1955
Wilderness Creek Falls Dam Lower	Low	Satisfactory	29	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2004
Wells Upper (west) Dam	Low	Fair	28	Recreation