McGuire Reservoir is an
impoundment
Impoundment may refer to:
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* The result of a dam, creating a body of water
** A reservoir, formed by a dam
** Coal slurry impoundment, a specialized form of such a reservoir used for coal mining and processing
* Impounded dock, an enc ...
of the upper
Nestucca River
The Nestucca River flows for about through forests near the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a timber-producing area of the Northern Oregon Coast Range west of Portland.
Rising in the mountains of western Yamhi ...
in
Yamhill County
Yamhill County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 107,722. The county seat is McMinnville. Yamhill County was named after the Yamhelas, members of the Kalapuya Tribe.
Yamhill Cou ...
in the
U.S. state of
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 ...
. It is the primary raw water source for McMinnville Water and Light, which supplies drinking water to the city of
McMinnville.
Before a 21st-century project expanded the reservoir, it had a surface area of about and a shoreline of about .
The expansion increased the holding capacity of the reservoir from to .
See also
* List of lakes in Oregon
References
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Lakes of Oregon
Reservoirs in Oregon
Geography of Yamhill County, Oregon