Antelope Reservoir

Antelope Reservoir
Antelope Reservoir is extremely remote. The only company here was hundreds of migrating birds who chattered most of the night.
Morning at Antelope Reservoir
Antelope Reservoir is located in Oregon
Antelope Reservoir is located in Oregon
Antelope Reservoir
Location of Antelope Reservoir in Oregon, USA.
Antelope Reservoir is located in Oregon
Antelope Reservoir is located in Oregon
Antelope Reservoir
Antelope Reservoir (the United States)
LocationMalheur County, Oregon
Coordinates42°54′24″N 117°14′09″W / 42.90667°N 117.23583°W / 42.90667; -117.23583
Typereservoir, eutrophic
Primary inflowsJack Creek, Antelope Feeder Canal from Jordan Creek, intermittent streams
Primary outflowsJack Creek
Catchment area638 square miles (1,650 km2)
Basin countriesUnited States
Built1913–1914 (1914)
Surface area3,285 acres (1,329 ha)
Average depth8 feet (2.4 m)
Max. depth25 feet (7.6 m)
Water volume26,300 acre-feet (32.4×10^6 m3)
Shore length117 miles (27 km)
Surface elevation4,318 feet (1,316 m)
SettlementsJordan Valley
References[1][2][3]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Antelope Reservoir is a large body of water impounded for irrigation in a semi-arid region of southeastern Oregon in the United States. Located near the small city of Jordan Valley in Malheur County, it is about 10 miles (16 km) west of Oregon's border with Idaho. Although the lake is formed by a dam across Jack Creek, most of the water enters the reservoir via the Antelope Feeder Canal. It diverts water to the reservoir from nearby Jordan Creek at a point near the Idaho border. Jack Creek, which carries minor outflows from the reservoir, empties into Jordan Creek further downstream.[1]

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Daniel M.; Petersen, Richard R.; Lycan, D. Richard; Sweet, James W.; Neuhaus, Mark E.; Schaedel, Andrew L. (1985). Atlas of Oregon Lakes. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-87071-343-4.
  2. ^ "Atlas of Oregon Lakes: Antelope Reservoir (Malheur County)". Portland State University. 1985–2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Antelope Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved July 21, 2012.