Lookout Point Dam

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{{Infobox dam

| name = Lookout Point Dam

| image = Lookout Point Dam.jpg

| image_caption = An aerial view of Lookout Point Dam

| dam_crosses = Middle Fork Willamette River

| res_name = Lookout Point Lake

| location = Lane County, Oregon, U.S.

| operator = Cenwp

| dam_length = {{convert|3175|ft|m|sigfig=3}}

| dam_height = {{convert|276|ft|m}}

| dam_width_base =

| construction_began =

| opening = 1953

| cost =

| res_capacity_total = {{convert|477700|acre.ft|km3|sigfig=3}}

| res_catchment = {{convert|991|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}}

| res_surface = {{convert|4360|acre}}

| coordinates = {{coord|43|54|53|N|122|45|9|W|type:landmark_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}

| extra = HAZARD- "High" (reclassified may 2023)Population possibly at risk: 200,000+

}}

Lookout Point Dam is an earth-type dam on the Middle Fork Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in Lane County. Its reservoir is called Lookout Point Lake. The dam's primary purpose is flood control, with secondary purposes of power generation, recreation, and irrigation.[http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=OR00009 Lookout Point Dam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217005212/http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=OR00009 |date=2012-02-17 }}, NPDP Dam Directory[https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Locations/Willamette-Valley/Lookout-Point/ Lookout Point Dam, US Army Corps of Engineers] Lookout Point Dam was completed in 1954 and is located 360.3 km upstream of the Pacific Ocean{{Cite journal|last1=Larson|first1=Douglas C.|last2=Helstab|first2=Matt|last3=Docker|first3=Margaret F.|last4=Bangs|first4=Brian|last5=Clemens|first5=Benjamin J.|date=2020-03-01|title=Landlocked Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus in the Middle Fork Willamette River, Oregon|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-020-00958-9|journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes|language=en|volume=103|issue=3|pages=291–298|doi=10.1007/s10641-020-00958-9|bibcode=2020EnvBF.103..291L |s2cid=211053909 |issn=1573-5133|url-access=subscription}}

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