Wickiup Dam
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Wickiup Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Deschutes River in central Oregon that creates Wickiup Reservoir for irrigation water storage and management.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
earth-fill embankment dam ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Wickiup Reservoir drawdown operations ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| completionYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| constructedBy | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1946 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createsReservoir | Wickiup Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damType |
earth-fill
ⓘ
embankment ⓘ |
| designedFor | agricultural irrigation supply ⓘ |
| hasReservoirSurfaceUse | seasonal storage ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height | about 100 feet ⓘ |
| impounds | Deschutes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 15,000 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Oregon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deschutes County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInRegion | Deschutes National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | La Pine, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Deschutes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managesFlowTo | downstream Deschutes River ⓘ |
| managesWaterFor | Central Oregon irrigation districts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Bend, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| operator | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Deschutes Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Deschutes River irrigation infrastructure ⓘ |
| primaryUse | irrigation ⓘ |
| projectAuthorization | Deschutes Project authorization by U.S. Congress ⓘ |
| purpose |
irrigation water management
ⓘ
irrigation water storage ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | about 200,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Wickiup Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirUse |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Deschutes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spillwayType | uncontrolled overflow ⓘ |
| watercourse | Deschutes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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