Irrigation Dams in Oregon

Oregon has 519 irrigation dams, of which 50 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores and diverts water for agricultural irrigation, supporting farming operations in the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Owyhee Dam	Malheur	417	High	Not assessed	1932
2	Galesville	Douglas	167	High	Satisfactory	1985
3	Scoggins Dam	Washington	151	High	Not assessed	1975
4	Wolf Creek	Union	128	High	Satisfactory	1974
5	Cold Springs Dam	Umatilla	115	High	Not assessed	1908
6	Clear Branch	Hood River	110	High	Unsatisfactory	1969
7	Willow Creek 3 (malheur)	Malheur	110	High	Unsatisfactory	1944
8	Pilcher Creek	Union	110	High	Satisfactory	1984
9	Warm Springs Dam	Malheur	106	High	Not assessed	1919
10	Haystack Dam	Jefferson	105	High	Not assessed	1957
11	Skull Creek Reservoir	Harney	100	Low	Not assessed	1934
12	Cow Creek Dam No. 1	Douglas	95	High	Satisfactory	2005
13	Woodrat Knob	Jackson	92	High	Unsatisfactory	1960
14	Crowley	Malheur	90	High	Unsatisfactory	1938
15	Gerber Dam	Klamath	88	High	Not assessed	1925
16	Agate Dam	Jackson	86	High	Not assessed	1965
17	Wade	Jackson	85	High	Fair	1963
18	Allen Creek	Crook	83	Low	Not assessed	1959
19	Cottonwood (drewsey)	Harney	83	Significant	Not assessed	1967
20	Lake Creek	Jackson	83	High	Fair	1965
21	Unity Dam	Baker	82	High	Not assessed	1938
22	Carty Reservoir	Morrow	82	Significant	Not assessed	1976
23	Currant Creek	Wasco	82	High	Poor	1984
24	Stinking Water Creek	Harney	75	Significant	Not assessed	1967
25	Merwin Reservoir #2	Crook	74	Low	Not assessed	1968
26	Thief Valley Dam	Union	73	High	Not assessed	1932
27	Waller No. 3	Grant	71	Low	Not assessed	1965
28	Vaughn Reservoir (malheur)	Malheur	70	Low	Not assessed	1959
29	Happy Valley	Wasco	70	High	Poor	1938
30	Balm Creek Reservoir	Baker	68	Significant	Not assessed	1963
31	Walch Dam	Jackson	68	High	Poor	1954
32	Star Mountain Reservoir	Malheur	68	Significant	Not assessed	1961
33	Pine Hollow	Wasco	66	High	Satisfactory	1969
34	Gardener Reservoir	Jackson	65	Significant	Not assessed	1952
35	Osborne Creek	Jackson	65	High	Poor	1964
36	Pearson Reservoir	Washington	64	Low	Not assessed	1971
37	Bear Creek (crook)	Crook	63	Significant	Not assessed	1984
38	Alder Creek	Harney	63	Low	Not assessed	1973
39	Drews	Lake	63	High	Fair	1914
40	Cottonwood	Lake	63	High	Fair	1962
41	Murphy Dam	Malheur	62	Low	Not assessed	1950
42	Lofton Dam	Wheeler	62	Low	Not assessed	1948
43	Yankee	Jackson	61	High	Fair	1951
44	Sams Valley	Jackson	61	High	Fair	1956
45	Jackson Farms Dam	Coos	60	Significant	Not assessed	1998
46	Harpold Reservoir	Klamath	60	Low	Not assessed	1909
47	Antelope	Malheur	60	High	Satisfactory	1923
48	N. Fk. Indian Creek Reservoir	Malheur	59	Low	Not assessed	1951
49	Wasco Dam	Wasco	59	High	Not assessed	1959
50	Baker, Er	Yamhill	59	High	Fair	1970
51	Pole Creek	Malheur	58	High	Poor	1944
52	Mt. Hood Community College Dam	Multnomah	58	Significant	Not assessed	1968
53	Mainline 1	Crook	57	Significant	Not assessed	1969
54	Star Lake	Jackson	56	Low	Not assessed	1964
55	Deadman Creek Reservoir	Harney	55	Low	Not assessed	1984
56	Joe Fisher	Crook	54	High	Satisfactory	1953
57	Kern Brothers Dam (harney)	Harney	54	Low	Not assessed	1949
58	Shaw Dam and Dikes (union)	Union	51	Low	Not assessed	1955
59	Rock Creek (wasco)	Wasco	51	High	Fair	1947
60	Logan Butte Reservoir	Crook	50	Low	Not assessed	1953
61	Bradshaw	Jackson	50	Significant	Not assessed	1966
62	Woolfolk Reservoir	Jackson	49	Significant	Not assessed	1955
63	Miller Reservoir (harney)	Harney	48	Low	Not assessed	1947
64	Strong	Josephine	48	High	Fair	1926
65	Thompson Valley Reservoir	Lake	48	Significant	Not assessed	1922
66	Renner Dam	Lake	48	Low	Not assessed	1961
67	Thompson Valley Diversion (slid)	Lake	48	Significant	Not assessed	1915
68	Dickson Reservoir	Malheur	48	Low	Not assessed	1949
69	Rock Creek Lake (wheeler)	Wheeler	48	Low	Not assessed	1954
70	Whited Reservoir (baker)	Baker	47	Significant	Not assessed	1921
71	Rock Creek-upper (harney)	Harney	47	Low	Not assessed	1970
72	Griffin Creek Dam	Harney	46	Significant	Not assessed	1953
73	Camp Creek Reservoir (baker)	Baker	45	Significant	Not assessed	1932
74	Vanderveer Dam	Harney	45	Low	Not assessed	1920
75	Stanley, Charles W. Reservoir	Jackson	45	Low	Not assessed	1962
76	Cherry Creek	Jefferson	45	Low	Not assessed	1980
77	Worden Reservoir 2	Klamath	45	Low	Not assessed	1962
78	Croft	Polk	45	High	Satisfactory	1968
79	Painted Hills Reservoir	Wheeler	45	Low	Not assessed	1979
80	Johnson Creek (crook)	Crook	44	High	Fair	1951
81	Love Reservoir (malheur)	Malheur	44	Significant	Not assessed	1907
82	Shaniko Ranch	Wasco	44	Low	Not assessed
83	Windhurst	Coos	43	Significant	Not assessed
84	Green Point-lower (no. 1)	Hood River	43	Significant	Not assessed	1938
85	Little Willow Creek Reservoir	Jefferson	43	Low	Not assessed	1954
86	Hershiser Reservoir	Clackamas	42	Low	Not assessed	1972
87	Mainline 3	Crook	42	Significant	Not assessed	1971
88	Bonnie View Dam	Crook	42	Significant	Not assessed	1953
89	Wageman	Douglas	42	High	Poor	1971
90	Oxbow Ranch Dam (grant)	Grant	42	Low	Not assessed	1980
91	Lost River Diversion Dam	Klamath	42	Low	Not assessed	1912
92	Parsnip Creek Diversion	Malheur	42	Significant	Not assessed	1980
93	Koinenia Lake Dam	Marion	42	Significant	Not assessed	1976
94	Mt. Springs Ranch Dam	Polk	42	Significant	Not assessed	1969
95	Jimmy Creek Reservoir	Union	42	Significant	Not assessed	1981
96	Salmon Creek Reservoir	Baker	41	Significant	Not assessed	1984
97	Crescent Lake	Klamath	41	High	Satisfactory	1956
98	Pyles Canyon 2	Union	41	Low	Not assessed	1977
99	Younglife Waste a (lower)	Wasco	41	High	Satisfactory	1986
100	Rose Reservoir	Clackamas	40	Significant	Not assessed	1974

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