Fodder Stack Falls is a waterfall on tributary of Wildcat Branch of Basin Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 100 feet. It lies about 5.8 miles southwest of Sparta and roughly 56 miles northwest of Winston-Salem as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 68th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
There are 16 recorded waterfalls in Wilkes County. Waterfalls Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Lovelace Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Horse Cove Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 4.8 miles away.
Fodder Stack Falls is located at 36.4283° N, 81.1637° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.