Haystack Dam

Haystack Dam (National ID # OR00287) is a dam in central Oregon, about ten miles south of Madras.

Haystack Dam
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Country	United States
Location	Jefferson County, Oregon
Coordinates	44°29′56″N 121°09′18″W
Purpose	Storage for Deschutes Project
Opening date	1957
Built by	United States Bureau of Reclamation
Owner(s)	United States Bureau of Reclamation
Operator(s)	North Unit Irrigation District
Dam and spillways
Height	105 ft (32 m)
Length	1,200 ft (370 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Haystack Reservoir
Total capacity	5,600 acre⋅ft (6,900,000 m^3)
Surface area	233 acres (94 ha)
Normal elevation	2,844 ft (867 m)[1]

The earthen dam was constructed in 1957 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 105 feet (32 m) and 1,200 feet (370 m) long at its crest.[2] It serves as an offstream storage facility as part of the larger Deschutes Project, which also includes the Crane Prairie Reservoir and the Wickiup Reservoir.[3] The dam is owned by the Bureau and operated by the local North Unit Irrigation District.[4]

The reservoir it creates, Haystack Reservoir, has a water surface of 233 acres (94 ha), about five linear miles of shoreline,[5] and a maximum capacity of 5,600 acre-feet (6,900,000 m^3).[6] Recreation includes fishing (for largemouth bass, crappie, rainbow trout, kokanee, brown trout, and brown bullhead), camping, boating, and hunting.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Haystack Dam
2. "Dam details - Haystack Dam - Bureau of Reclamation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
3. "Project details - Deschutes Project - Bureau of Reclamation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
4. "WATER SOURCES – North Unit Irrigation District".
5. "Haystack Reservoir, Oregon".
6. "Dam details - Haystack Dam - Bureau of Reclamation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2012-08-31.