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
  1. http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam
  2. http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Deschutes%20Project
  3. http://www.northunitid.com/water-sources
  4. http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=1145&agencyCode=129
  5. http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam&groupName=Overview

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