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Fish Lake is a reservoir located 4,639 feet (1,414 m) above sea level in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.It is 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Medford. [2] Originally a natural lake, it was enlarged by the 50-foot (15 m) tall Fish Lake Dam, which impounds the north fork of Little Butte Creek, in the Rogue River watershed.
Howard Prairie Lake is a reservoir located 4,526 feet (1,380 m) above sea level in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.It is 18 miles (29 km) east of Ashland.The lake is formed by the 100-foot (30 m) tall Howard Prairie Dam, which impounds Beaver Creek, in the Klamath River watershed.
Hyatt Reservoir is a reservoir in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, 14 miles (23 km) east of Ashland. Impounded by Hyatt Dam, the water is used for irrigation and recreation. A local irrigation district built the dam in 1923. Located at an elevation of 5,016 feet (1,529 m), [1] the lake supports populations of bass, trout, and
Emigrant Lake is a reservoir located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Ashland, Oregon, at the southern end of the Rogue Valley. [1] It has an elevation of 2,241 feet (683 m) above sea level . [ 2 ] The lake has an average surface area of 806 acres (3.26 km 2 ), and an average volume of 40,530 acre-feet (49,990,000 m 3 ). [ 3 ]
Oregon drought at lowest level since 2019. ... The reservoirs in the Willamette Basin, most notably Detroit Lake, are at normal levels for this time of year.
Upper Klamath Lake is the largest remnant of Lake Modoc, a giant pluvial lake that existed in the region until about 10,000 years ago. At its largest, Lake Modoc covered over 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2), joining Upper Klamath, Lower Klamath, and Tule Lakes, as well as all of the major wetlands in the upper Klamath River basin, into a contiguous body of water.
By Sean Breslin -- Every year at Oregon's Lost Lake, something unusual happens. At the end of a long winter, snow melts into a lake, and the water level rises. Then, in a matter of days, all that ...
second-largest wilderness lake in Oregon Mirror Lake (Clackamas County, Oregon) a mountain lake southwest of Mount Hood, located at the foot of Tom Dick and Harry Mountain: Mirror Pond: an impoundment of the Deschutes River in central Bend: Lake Modoc: a former lake on the Klamath River: Mud Lake: nineteen Oregon lakes share this name, but are ...