Blue River Reservoir | |
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Location | Lane County, Oregon, about 42 miles (68 km) east of Springfield |
Coordinates | 44°10′19″N 122°19′49″W / 44.17194°N 122.33028°W |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Blue River |
Primary outflows | Blue River |
Catchment area | 88 sq mi (230 km2) |
Max. length | 6.4 mi (10.3 km) |
Surface area | 935 acres (378 ha), 1,420 acres (570 ha) when full |
Average depth | 91 ft (28 m) |
Max. depth | 248 ft (76 m) |
Water volume | 85,000 acre⋅ft (105,000,000 m3)[1] |
Residence time | 3 months[1] |
Shore length1 | 17 mi (27 km)[1] |
Surface elevation | 1,350 ft (410 m)[1] |
Settlements | Blue River, an unincorporated community |
References | [2][3][4] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Blue River Reservoir is an artificial impoundment, about 6 miles (10 km) long, of the Blue River in Lane County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2][5] The reservoir is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Oregon Route 126 in the Willamette National Forest about 45 miles (72 km) east of Eugene.[1]
In 1968 the United States Army Corps of Engineers built Blue Lake Dam and Saddle Dam about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the mouth of the Blue River on the McKenzie River to create a reservoir for flood control and irrigation.[1][6] Despite frequent blooms of blue-green algae,[7][8] the lake is heavily used for recreation.[4] Trout are the principal fish, supplemented from local hatcheries.[2]