Wickiup Dam

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Wickiup Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Deschutes River in central Oregon that creates Wickiup Reservoir for irrigation water storage and management.

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Wickiup Dam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam
earth-fill embankment dam
associatedWith Wickiup Reservoir drawdown operations
basinCountry United States
completionYear 1949
constructedBy U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
constructionBegan 1946
continent North America
country United States
createsReservoir Wickiup Reservoir
damType earth-fill
embankment
designedFor agricultural irrigation supply
hasReservoirSurfaceUse seasonal storage
hasSpillway yes
height about 100 feet
impounds Deschutes River
length about 15,000 feet
locatedIn Central Oregon
Deschutes County, Oregon
Oregon
United States
locatedInRegion Deschutes National Forest
locatedNear La Pine, Oregon
locatedOnRiver Deschutes River
managesFlowTo downstream Deschutes River
managesWaterFor Central Oregon irrigation districts
nearbyCity Bend, Oregon
openingYear 1949
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
owner U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
partOf Deschutes Project
partOfSystem Deschutes River irrigation infrastructure
primaryUse irrigation
projectAuthorization Deschutes Project authorization by U.S. Congress
purpose irrigation water management
irrigation water storage
region Pacific Northwest
reservoirCapacity about 200,000 acre-feet
reservoirName Wickiup Reservoir
reservoirUse boating
fishing
recreation
riverCrossed Deschutes River
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow
watercourse Deschutes River

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Wickiup Reservoir hasDam Wickiup Dam
Wickiup Reservoir formedBy Wickiup Dam