Lake Owyhee Right Now
RisingLake Owyhee's water level has climbed steadily over the past week. The lake's watershed has received 0.2 inches of rainfall over the past seven days.
- 7 Day Level Change
- +0.48 ft ↑
- Current Level
- 2,604.48 ft
- Forecast High
- Unavailable
(65.52 ft below full pool)
Overview
Lake Owyhee is a desert-canyon reservoir on the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon, about 30 miles southwest of Nyssa. Owyhee Dam, a concrete thick-arch structure built from 1928 to 1932, impounds the river for the Owyhee Project. At the time it was finished it was among the world's highest dams. The reservoir covers 12,742 acres at a normal water-surface elevation of 2,670 feet and stores 1,120,000 acre-feet, of which 715,000 acre-feet are active conservation. Reclamation owns the dam. The Owyhee Irrigation District and the South Board of Control operate the project works.
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