Foster Dam
Foster Dam is an embankment type rock-fill dam across the South Santiam River near Sweet Home, Oregon, United States. Designed by the Corps of Engineers, it began service on August 22, 1968.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Foster Lake.
Foster Lake
Reservoir
Foster Reservoir is a reservoir created by Foster Dam on the South Santiam River in the city of Foster, Oregon, United States. The reservoir is approximately 5.6 km long and covers approximately 494 ha when full. Foster Lake is situated 1½ miles east of Foster Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foster and Sweet Home.
Foster
Hamlet
Photo: Sword Fern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Foster is an unincorporated community partly within the city of Sweet Home in Linn County, Oregon. It is located on the western end of the Foster Reservoir.
Sweet Home
Photo: Sword Fern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sweet Home is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States, with a population of 9,828 at the 2020 census. Sweet Home is referred to as the 'Gateway to the Santiam Playground' due to its proximity to nearby lakes, rivers and the Cascade Mountains.
Foster Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Linn County, Oregon, United States of America
- Location: Linn, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.41614° or 44° 24′ 58″ northLongitude
-122.67049° or 122° 40′ 14″ westElevation
640 feet (195 metres)Open location code
84PVC88H+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 563557699OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Foster Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Foster Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Oregon)”
- Cebuano: “Foster Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد فوستر”
- Italian: “diga di Foster”
- Japanese: “フォスター・ダム”
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