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Malheur Reservoir

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34: 64: 71: 41: 218:. Built by the Orchard Irrigation District in the 1930s, the 1,282-acre (5.19 km) lake can hold about 49,000 acre-feet (60,000,000 m) of water, which is used to irrigate about 2,300 acres (930 ha) of farmland downstream. Draining a semi-arid 233:, although fishing conditions have varied with weather cycles, and the reservoir has at times gone dry during drought. During wet cycles, it is capable of producing trout in excess of 20 inches (51 cm) long. 248:. The lake has a boat ramp on the north shore, and camping is possible in a few places near the ramp. The Malheur County Parks Department maintains the boat ramp as well as gravel parking and a restroom. 229:
About 80 percent of the 12.3-mile (19.8 km) shoreline is privately owned, but the lake and part of the shore is open to public use. Since the mid-1960s, the reservoir has been stocked with
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basin of 254 square miles (660 km), the reservoir receives very high concentrations of nutrients and is naturally
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The lake is accessible by dirt road, starting either from an intersection with
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Location of Malheur Reservoir in Oregon, USA.
Location of Malheur Reservoir in Oregon, USA.
Malheur
Oregon
United States
44°21′54″N 117°41′54″W / 44.3649749°N 117.6984041°W / 44.3649749; -117.6984041
Type
Willow Creek
Willow Creek
Malheur County
U.S. state
Oregon
rangeland
eutrophic
rainbow trout
U.S. Route 26
Ironside
Brogan
List of lakes in Oregon
"Malheur Reservoir"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior



ISBN
0-87071-343-4

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