Fall Creek Lake
Fall Creek Lake (also known as Fall Creek Reservoir) is a reservoir in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Eugene on Fall Creek, immediately upstream from Unity Bridge, a covered bridge. The communities of Unity, at the bridge site, and Lowell, south of Unity, are near the lake. The unincorporated community of Jasper is further downstream, below the confluence of Fall Creek with the Middle Fork Willamette River.
| Fall Creek Lake | |
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Fall Creek Reservoir. Lane County. | |
Fall Creek Lake Fall Creek Lake | |
| Location | Lane County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43°56′33″N 122°45′25″W |
| Type | Reservoir, mesotrophic |
| Primary inflows | Fall Creek |
| Primary outflows | Fall Creek |
| Catchment area | 184 square miles (480 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 1,716 acres (694 ha) |
| Average depth | 67 feet (20 m) |
| Max. depth | 161 feet (49 m) |
| Water volume | 125,000 acre-feet (154,000,000 m3) |
| Residence time | 3.5 months |
| Shore length1 | 22 miles (35 km) |
| Surface elevation | 834 feet (254 m) |
| Settlements | Unity, Lowell |
| References | |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Fall Creek Dam, 205 feet (62 m) high, impounds up to 125,000 acre-feet (154,000,000 m3) of water in the reservoir. The embankment dam is of the rockfill type with a gated concrete spillway and outlet controls for regulating lake levels. The lake includes two arms, one along the Fall Creek main stem and one along Winberry Creek, a tributary entering from the south.