Malheur Reservoir
Malheur Reservoir is an irrigation lake along Willow Creek in Malheur County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built by the Orchard Irrigation District in the 1930s, the 1,282-acre lake can hold about 49,000 acre-feet, the reservoir receives very high concentrations of nutrients and is naturally eutrophic.- Type: Reservoir
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Willow Creek Reservoir” and “Willow Creek Reservoir Number Three”
Malheur Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Malheur, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.36408° or 44° 21′ 51″ north
Longitude
-117.69463° or 117° 41′ 41″ west
Elevation
3,369 feet (1,027 metres)
Open location code
85P49874+J4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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