Haystack Dam
Haystack Dam (National ID # OR00287) is a dam in central Oregon, about ten miles south of Madras.
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| country = United States
| location = Jefferson County, Oregon
| purpose = Storage for Deschutes Project
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| opening = 1957
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| builder = United States Bureau of Reclamation
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| operator = North Unit Irrigation District
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| res_name = Haystack Reservoir
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The earthen dam was constructed in 1957 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of {{convert|105|feet}} and {{convert|1200|feet}} long at its crest.{{Cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam |title=Dam details - Haystack Dam - Bureau of Reclamation |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2012-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906042939/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam |url-status=dead }} It serves as an offstream storage facility as part of the larger Deschutes Project, which also includes the Crane Prairie Reservoir and the Wickiup Reservoir.{{Cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Deschutes%20Project |title=Project details - Deschutes Project - Bureau of Reclamation |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2012-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920222624/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Deschutes%20Project |url-status=dead }} The dam is owned by the Bureau and operated by the local North Unit Irrigation District.{{Cite web|url=http://www.northunitid.com/water-sources|title = WATER SOURCES – North Unit Irrigation District}}
The reservoir it creates, Haystack Reservoir, has a water surface of {{convert|233|acres}}, about five linear miles of shoreline,{{Cite web|url=http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=1145&agencyCode=129|title = Haystack Reservoir, Oregon}} and a maximum capacity of {{convert|5600|acre-feet}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam&groupName=Overview |title=Dam details - Haystack Dam - Bureau of Reclamation |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926032441/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Haystack+Dam&groupName=Overview |url-status=dead }} Recreation includes fishing (for largemouth bass, crappie, rainbow trout, kokanee, brown trout, and brown bullhead), camping, boating, and hunting.