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Silver Creek Reservoir

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Type
  
Primary outflows
  
Surface area
  
65 acres (26 ha)

Primary inflow
  
Primary inflows
  
Silver Creek

Basin countries
  
Area
  
26 ha

Outflow location
  
Silver Creek

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Silver Creek Reservoir also known as Silverton Reservoir is a sixty-five-acre impoundment on Silver Creek located in the Cascade foothills 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of the city of Silverton, Oregon, United States on Oregon Route 214. The reservoir serves the purpose of flood control on the creek.

Map of Silver Creek Reservoir, Oregon 97381, USA

The lake is popular in the spring and summer as a recreation area. Stocked with roughly 20,000 hatchery trout each spring and early summer, the lake also provides opportunities to catch bullhead catfish. Swimming is also quite popular on warm summer days as well as recreational boating, though only electric motors are allowed.

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.

References

Silver Creek Reservoir Wikipedia


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