| Fall Creek Lake | |
|---|---|
 Fall Creek Reservoir. Lane County. | |
  Fall Creek Lake  Fall Creek Lake | |
| Location | Lane County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43°56′33″N 122°45′25″W / 43.94250°N 122.75694°W |
| Type | Reservoir, mesotrophic |
| Primary inflows | Fall Creek |
| Primary outflows | Fall Creek |
| Catchment area | 184 square miles (480 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 1,716 acres (694 ha) |
| Average depth | 67 feet (20 m) |
| Max. depth | 161 feet (49 m) |
| Water volume | 125,000 acre-feet (154,000,000 m3) |
| Residence time | 3.5 months |
| Shore length1 | 22 miles (35 km) |
| Surface elevation | 834 feet (254 m) |
| Settlements | Unity, Lowell |
| References | [1][2][3] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Fall Creek Lake (also known as Fall Creek Reservoir) is a reservoir in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] It is about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Eugene[1] on Fall Creek, immediately upstream from Unity Bridge, a covered bridge. The communities of Unity, at the bridge site, and Lowell, south of Unity, are near the lake. The unincorporated community of Jasper is further downstream, below the confluence of Fall Creek with the Middle Fork Willamette River.[4]
Fall Creek Dam, 205 feet (62 m) high, impounds up to 125,000 acre-feet (154,000,000 m3) of water in the reservoir.[3] The embankment dam is of the rockfill type with a gated concrete spillway and outlet controls for regulating lake levels.[5] The lake includes two arms, one along the Fall Creek main stem and one along Winberry Creek, a tributary entering from the south.[4]
- ^ a b Johnson, Daniel M.; Petersen, Richard R.; Lycan, D. Richard; Sweet, James W.; Neuhaus, Mark E., and Schaedel, Andrew L. (1985). Atlas of Oregon Lakes. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. p. 193. ISBN 0-87071-343-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Fall Creek Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "Atlas of Oregon Lakes: Fall Creek Lake (Lane)". Portland State University. 1985–2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 13, 2016 – via Acme Mapper.
- ^ "Building Strong at Fall Creek Dam and Reservoir". United States Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved February 13, 2016.