Agency Valley Dam (National ID # OR00589) is a dam in

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

, United States, built on the

North Fork Malheur River The North Fork Malheur River is a tributary of the Malheur River in eastern Oregon in the United States. Rising in Big Cow Burn in the Blue Mountains, it flows generally south to join the larger river at Juntura. The upper of the river have be ...

in the eastern part of the state, immediately north of the small town of Beulah in

Malheur County Malheur County () is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,571. Its county seat is Vale, and its largest city is Ontario. The county was named after the Malheur River, which runs thr ...

. The dam impounds the river to create Beulah Reservoir. The dam is an earthen facility, 110 foot high, with a reservoir capacity of 59,200

acre-feet The acre-foot is a non- SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows. An acre-f ...

. This was an irrigation and water-control project of the

United States Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...

completed in 1935; no hydroelectric power is generated here. When full the Beulah Reservoir covers about 2000 surface acres. Compared to the other two reservoirs in the area's Vale Project,

Warm Springs Reservoir Warm Springs Reservoir is a reservoir on the boundary between Harney and Malheur counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located southwest of Juntura at an elevation of . The lake's primary inflow and outflow are both the Malheur River. ...

and Bully Creek Reservoir, Beulah provides the best opportunities for recreation: camping, fishing, powerboating and water-skiing.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Agency Valley Dam Dams in Oregon United States Bureau of Reclamation dams Reservoirs in Oregon Lakes of Malheur County, Oregon Dams completed in 1935 1935 establishments in Oregon