Hills Creek Dam is a dam about southeast of Oakridge in Lane County,

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. It impounds

Hills Creek Reservoir Hills Creek Reservoir, also known as Hills Creek Lake, is an artificial impoundment behind Hills Creek Dam on the Middle Fork Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The lake is near Oakridge in Lane County about southeast of Eugene, at ...

, which has a surface area of and a shoreline of roughly , on the

Middle Fork Willamette River The Middle Fork Willamette River is one of several forks that unite to form the Willamette River in the western part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is approximately long, draining an area of the Cascade Range southeast of Eugene, which is at th ...

. Constructed in 1961 by the

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(USACE), the dam's purpose is primarily water storage and flood control, and secondarily for recreation, wildlife and waterfowl conservation, and

hydropower Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by energy transformation, converting the Pot ...

generation. The earthen dam has a concrete spillway, stands high, and impounds of water. There are two hydropower-generating units capable of producing a total of 30 megawatts. The dam is one of 13 USACE projects in the

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, including two others further downstream on the Middle Fork Willamette,

Lookout Point Lake Lookout Point Lake (also Lookout Point Reservoir) is a large reservoir on the Middle Fork Willamette River in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Lookout Point Dam. The downstream end of the reserv ...

and

Dexter Reservoir Dexter Reservoir (also known as Dexter Lake) is a reservoir in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is about southeast of Eugene on the Middle Fork Willamette River, immediately downriver from Lookout Point Lake, another reservoir. T ...

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* {{coord, 43.7096, -122.4229, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark Dams completed in 1961 Dams in Oregon Lakes of Lane County, Oregon United States Army Corps of Engineers dams 1961 establishments in Oregon

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