Silver Creek Reservoir
also known as Silverton Reservoir
is a impoundment on
Silver Creek located in the
Cascade
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foothills southeast of the city of
Silverton,
Oregon
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,
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on
Oregon Route 214
Oregon Route 214 is an Oregon state highway which runs from the city of Woodburn, southeast into Silver Falls State Park in the Cascade foothills, and then loops back west towards Salem. The northern segment of the highway (between Silverton ...
.
The
reservoir
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Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
serves the purpose of flood control on the creek.
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The lake is popular in the spring and summer as a recreation area. Stocked][ with roughly 20,000 ]hatchery
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trout
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each spring and early summer, the lake also provides opportunities to catch bullhead catfish
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. Swimming is also quite popular on warm summer days as well as recreational boating, though no gas motors are allowed on the lake.
Since the reservoir was created in 1960, there has been fear in Silverton that Silver Creek Dam might someday give way. Though structural engineers have declared the dam safe and deemed the conditions for a dam breach to be almost out of the realm of possibility, US Army Corps of Engineers studies have found that a collapse of the dam would be catastrophic to the city below.
See also
* List of lakes in Oregon
This is a list of the lakes and reservoirs of Oregon.
Gallery
File:AbertRim-right.jpg, Lake Abert and the Abert Rim
File:Applegate Lake Oregon.jpg, Applegate Lake in Jackson County
File:Lake Billy Chinook, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon (ph ...
References
Reservoirs in Oregon
Silverton, Oregon
Rivers of Marion County, Oregon
Tourist attractions in Marion County, Oregon
Buildings and structures in Marion County, Oregon
Protected areas of Marion County, Oregon
1960 establishments in Oregon
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