Haystack Dam
Haystack Dam (National ID # OR00287) is a dam in central Oregon, about ten miles south of Madras.
The earthen dam was constructed in 1957 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 105 feet and 1200 feet long at its crest.[1] It serves as an offstream storage facility as part of the larger Deschutes Project, which also includes the Crane Prairie Reservoir and the Wickiup Reservoir.[2] The dam is owned by the Bureau and operated by the local North Unit Irrigation District.[3]
The reservoir it creates, Haystack Reservoir, has a water surface of 233 acres, about five linear miles of shoreline,[4] and a maximum capacity of 5,600 acre-feet.[5] Recreation includes fishing (for largemouth bass, crappie, rainbow trout, kokanee, brown trout, and brown bullhead), camping, boating, and hunting.
References[]
- ^ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam
- ^ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Deschutes%20Project
- ^ "WATER SOURCES – North Unit Irrigation District".
- ^ "Haystack Reservoir, Oregon".
- ^ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam&groupName=Overview
Coordinates: 44°29′56″N 121°09′18″W / 44.49899°N 121.15505°W
- Dams in Oregon
- Dams on the Deschutes River (Oregon)
- Reservoirs in Oregon
- United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
- Dams completed in 1957
- Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Oregon
- 1957 establishments in Oregon
- Lakes of Jefferson County, Oregon