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Recreation Map of Elk Creek and Lost Creek Lake Boating Map of Lost Creek Lake. Lost Creek Lake is a reservoir located on the Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The lake is impounded by William L. Jess Dam which was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1977 for flood control and fisheries enhancement.
Construction on the dam had been halted by a court injunction in the 1980s after about 80 feet (24 m) of the proposed height of 240 feet (73 m) was reached. [102] Further controversy delayed the notching for two decades. [102] Elk Creek enters the Rogue River 5 miles (8.0 km) downstream from Lost Creek Lake. [103]
Lost Creek State Recreation Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Located seven miles south of Newport , the park is developed for picnicking and beach access and offers beachcombing, whale watching and incredible sunsets.
The lake is fed by three unnamed intermittent creeks from Lost Lake Butte, and Inlet Creek from Preachers Peak. The lake maintains a very consistent level via an outlet at the north tip, the source of Lake Branch Hood River, a tributary of West Fork Hood River. It is the second-deepest lake in Mount Hood National Forest after Wahtum Lake at 167 ...
Jun. 10—TRAIL — Near-record spring rain and snow has washed away drought threats to the Rogue River's wild salmon and has set in motion a summer Rogue rafting season with fewer rocks to dodge.
Approximately seven million years ago in the upper Miocene, a 44-mile (71 km) long trachyandesitic lava flow that likely came from Olson Mountain near present-day Lost Creek Lake flowed down the Ancestral Rogue River and its tributaries and spread throughout the valley. [5] [6] This lava formed a hard cap over the Payne Cliffs Formation. [5]
The state park was created in 1957 [3] and features limestone cliffs and multi-colored rock formations that rise 1,200 feet (370 m) above a narrow canyon floor. A short walking trail leads to Lost Creek Falls, which plunge 50 feet (15 m).
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).