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57: 41: 29: 64: 388:. In 1960, water managers built a dam to create Fairview Lake for water storage and recreation. The lake covers about 100 acres (40 ha) and is 5 feet (1.5 m) to 6 feet (1.8 m) deep. Fairview Creek has two named tributaries, No Name Creek, and Clear Creek. A smaller stream, Osburn Creek, also flows into Fairview Lake, which empties through a 411:
trail along the Columbia River. As of 2008, a 1.24-mile (2.00 km) segment of the trail between Northeast Halsey Street and Northeast Burnside Road was open to the public. Unfinished segments between Northeast Halsey and the Springwater Corridor are expected to be ready by autumn 2009. If so, at
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In 2002, the City of Gresham adopted a plan for a 5.2-mile (8.4 km) hiking and biking trail to run partly along the creek. The trail was designed to provide a north-south connection between the
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formations near Gresham. Fairview Creek begins northeast of the butte at an elevation of 278 feet (85 m) and falls to an elevation of 10 feet (3.0 m) at the lake.
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that point 3.49 miles (5.62 km) of the trail will be open to the public.
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and flows north for 5 miles (8.0 km) to Fairview Lake in
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system on the west side of the lake into the upper slough.
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Columbia Slough watershed, including Fairview Creek
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Fairview Creek is located in Oregon
Multnomah
Gresham
Multnomah County
Oregon
45°30′02″N 122°27′37″W / 45.50056°N 122.46028°W / 45.50056; -122.46028
Mouth
Fairview
45°33′01″N 122°26′34″W / 45.55028°N 122.44278°W / 45.55028; -122.44278
Columbia Slough
U.S. state
Oregon
wetland
Gresham
Fairview
sea level
volcanic
Columbia River
floodplain
Willamette River
weir
culvert
Springwater Corridor
Johnson Creek
40-Mile Loop
List of lakes in Oregon
List of rivers of Oregon
Columbia Slough: Current Characterization Documents, "Chapter 5, Streamflow and Hydrology Characterization"

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