Dorena Reservoir

Dorena Reservoir

Dorena Reservoir
Location Lane County, Oregon,
United States
Coordinates 43°47′12″N 122°57′16″W / 43.78667°N 122.95444°WCoordinates: 43°47′12″N 122°57′16″W / 43.78667°N 122.95444°W
Type Reservoir
Primary inflows Row River
Primary outflows Row River
Catchment area 265 sq mi (690 km2)[1]
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1,840 acres (740 ha)[1]
Average depth 42 ft (13 m)[1]
Max. depth 97 ft (30 m)[1]
Water volume 77,600 acre·ft (95,700 dam3)[1]
Residence time 1.7 months[1]
Shore length1 13 mi (21 km)[1]
Surface elevation 835 ft (255 m)[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Dorena Reservoir (also Dorena Lake) is a reservoir on the Row River in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Cottage Grove.

The Dorena Dam in front of the reservoir was completed in 1949 as one of the 13 dams of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the Willamette River's basin.[2]

Set at the south end of the Willamette Valley and criss-crossed by the Coast Fork Willamette River and its tributary the Row River, the area was susceptible to periodic flooding from large rains and snow melts in the surrounding mountains prior to the construction of the dam.

In the 1940s the United States Army Corps of Engineers began construction of dams which created the Cottage Grove Reservoir and Dorena Lake. Dorena Lake has become an enormously popular summer vacation destination with its Baker Bay Marina and camping and Shwartz Park campground. Visitor estimates top 80,000 people annually.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Johnson, Daniel M. (1985). "Dorena Lake". Atlas of Oregon Lakes (PDF). Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780870713422. OCLC 11030545. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Dorena Dam". Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  3. ↑ "A Little History". Dorena Lake. Retrieved 2013-05-10.

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