This is a list of dams in North Carolina that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams. __TOC__
Completed removals Dam Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Lower Big Hungry Dam 2015 Henderson Hungry River Broad River Buckhorn Dam 2010 Sanford Buckhorn Creek Cape Fear River Harnett Metals Dam 1999 Harnett County Tributary to Jumping Run Creek Phillips Creek Dam 2014 Bladen County Philips Creek Windermere Dam Mecklenburg County Tributary to McAlpine Creek Catawba River Shuford Mill Dam 2016 Brookford Henry Fork River Rowland Lake Lower Dam (Ray Durham Lower Dam) 2004 Gaston County Tributary to Mauney Creek Walker Pond Dam 2006 Burke County Tributary to Bailey Fork Lady Marion Dam 2019 McDowell County Garden Creek Carbonton Dam 2005 Carbonton Deep River Deep River Deep River Farm Dam Guilford County Tributary to East Fork Deep River Hoosier Dam (Reeves Lake Dam) 2018 Chatham County Rocky River Rush Mountain Dam 2017 Henderson Greer Creek French Broad River Lake Craig Dam 1952 Buncombe County Swannanoa River Granite Mill Dam 2016 Haw River Haw River Haw River Granite Mill Dam 2 2016 Haw River Granite Mill Dam 3 2016 Haw River Upper Swepsonville Dam (Puryear Dam) 2013 Swepsonville White Oak Lake Dam Guilford County Tributary to North Buffalo Creek A D W Dam Guilford County Tributary to South Buffalo Creek Shuler Creek Dam 2020 Cherokee County Shuler Creek Hiwassee River Little Buck Creek Pond Dam 2016 Clay County Little Tennessee River Little Tennessee River Forney Ridge Dam 1988 Great Smoky Mountains National Park Forney Creek Dillsboro Dam 2010 Dillsboro Tuckasegee River Santeetlah Fish Barrier 2016 Graham County Santeetlah Creek Eno Dam 2007 Orange County Eno River Neuse River Ailey Young Park Dam 2019 Wake Forest Tributary to Dunn Creek Cherry Hospital Dam 1998 Goldsboro Little River Lowell Dam 2006 Kenly Rains Mill Dam 1999 Princeton Temple Sloan Dam (Whitley Dam) 2002 Wake County Marks Creek Crantock Mill Dam 2008 Smithfield Middle Creek Milburnie Dam 2017 Wake County Neuse River Quaker Neck Dam 1998 Wayne County Payne Branch Dam 2020 Watauga County Middle Fork South Fork New River New River Cane River Dam 2016 Burnsville Cane River Nolichucky River Plumtree Dam 1993 Avery County North Toe River Altapass Dam 2010 Pisgah National Forest Roses Creek Spruce Pine Dam 2009 Spruce Pine Toe River Old Troy Dam No. 2 2013 Montgomery County Densons Creek Pee Dee River Troy Dam No. 1 2012 Troy Densons Creek Chandlers Dynamo Dam 2012 Troy Little River Smitherman's Dam 2013 Troy Baucom Lake Dam Union County Flag Branch Freedom Park Dam 2002 Norwood Little Sugar Creek Steele's Mill Dam 2009 Richmond County Hitchcock Creek Yellow Jacket Lake Dam Wilkes County Moravian Creek Baker Dam (Miller Dam) Forsyth County Tributary to Smith Creek Watts Lake Dam 1997 Alexander County Tributary to South Yadkin River Lassiter Mill Dam 2013 Randolph County Uwharrie River Hutchens Dam 1998 Randolph County Tributary to Uwharrie River Ash Bear Pen Dam 1990 Blowing Rock Cold Prong Creek Watauga River Yonahlossee Dam Watauga County Lance Creek Ward Mill Dam 2021 Watauga County Watauga River Unnamed dam 2009 Watauga County Sims Creek Umstead Dam 2016 Cape Fear Basin
See also List of dam removals in Georgia (U.S. state) List of dam removals in South Carolina List of dam removals in Tennessee List of dam removals in Virginia
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