Bull Run Lake Oregon

Bull run lake the lake was created 10 000 years ago by a landslide.

Bull run lake oregon. Bull run lake is a reservoir an impoundment of the bull run river in the u s. Bull run lake located on the west slope of the northern oregon cascades is one of the least visited yet most important lakes in oregon. It lies at the head of the drainage basin of the bull run river and is a vital part of the water supply for about a third of the population of the state which includes much of the city of portland and. Mcarthur described the lake as one of the two most important in the state along with crater lake supplying the.

Portland water bureau has owned the filtration facility property for decades and has been operating facilities in the area for more than 100 years. Find local fishing spots on the interactive map. State of oregon beginning at the lower end of bull run lake in the cascade range it flows generally west through the bull run watershed management unit brwmu a restricted area meant to protect the river and its tributaries from contamination the river impounded by two artificial storage reservoirs as well. Synder daniel dorie brownell 1996.

Cutthroat trout live in bull run lake. The flume service car sits atop the flume. By roger edwards bull run lake is described in the atlas of oregon lakes as a well protected oligotrophic lake that is the source of portland s drinking water. Wild cutthroat bull brown and brook trout are also in the reservoir but these fish are catch and release only.

Fish populations are monitored by biologists from the u s. It is a 466 acre linear lake about 1 5 miles long and 0 5 miles wide on a nw to se axis. Providing part of the primary drinking water supply for portland oregon it rates highly as an oligotrophic lake a very clean source of water. Forest service the portland water bureau.

The bull run river is a 21 9 mile 35 2 km tributary of the sandy river in the u s. Bull run lake dam from mapcarta the free map. Followers 86 catches 4 spots 0. As of 1925 noted geographer lewis a.

Usgs water resources investigations report 96 4064. Hood railway and power company in 1912 the headquarters building became bull run s clubhouse for use by employees of the prl p. Only adipose fin clipped. Just over the hill below roslyn lake the bull run powerhouse was built along the bull run river.

The new filtration facility will be located just outside the bull run watershed in rural multnomah county. A section of the bull run lake in multnomah county oregon. Already have an account.