Lookout Point Dam

Lookout Point Dam
An aerial view of Lookout Point Dam
Location	Lane County, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates	43°54′53″N 122°45′9″W
Opening date	1953[1]
Operator(s)	Cenwp[1]
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Middle Fork Willamette River
Height	276 feet (84 m)[1]
Length	3,175 feet (968 m)[1]
Reservoir
Creates	Lookout Point Lake
Total capacity	477,700 acre-feet (0.589 km^3)[1]
Catchment area	991 square miles (2,570 km^2)[1]
Surface area	4,360 acres (1,760 ha)[1]
HAZARD- "High" (reclassified may 2023)Population possibly at risk: 200,000+

Lookout Point Dam is an earth-type dam on the Middle Fork Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in Lane County. Its reservoir is called Lookout Point Lake. The dam's primary purpose is flood control, with secondary purposes of power generation, recreation, and irrigation.[1][2] Lookout Point Dam was completed in 1954 and is located 360.3 km upstream of the Pacific Ocean[3]

See also

• List of dams in the Columbia River watershed
• List of lakes in Oregon

References

1. Lookout Point Dam Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, NPDP Dam Directory
2. Lookout Point Dam, US Army Corps of Engineers
3. Larson, Douglas C.; Helstab, Matt; Docker, Margaret F.; Bangs, Brian; Clemens, Benjamin J. (2020-03-01). "Landlocked Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus in the Middle Fork Willamette River, Oregon". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 103 (3): 291–298. Bibcode:2020EnvBF.103..291L. doi:10.1007/s10641-020-00958-9. ISSN 1573-5133. S2CID 211053909.