| Cold Springs Dam | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Umatilla County, Oregon |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1908 |
Cold Springs Dam is an earthen dam 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Hermiston and 3 miles (5 km) south of the Columbia River in Umatilla County, Oregon.
The dam impounds the water of the Umatilla River to create Cold Springs Reservoir, a component of the Umatilla Basin Project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Dating from 1908, the first generation of the bureau's projects in the American west, the reservoir supplies irrigation water for local agriculture in this arid and seasonally-cold desert region. The nearby 1927 McKay Dam and McKay Reservoir are part of the same water management project.
The reservoir also overlays the Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1909.
The dam stands 105 feet (32 m) high and has a capacity of roughly 40,000 acre-feet (49,000,000 m3).[1]
References
- ↑ "Cold Springs Dam". US Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Hermiston, Umatilla County, OR:
- HAER No. OR-66, "Umatilla Project, East Division Irrigation System", 71 data pages
- HAER No. OR-66-A, "Umatilla Project, East Division Irrigation System, Cold Springs Dam", 52 photos, 9 photo caption pages
- HAER No. OR-66-B, "Umatilla Project, East Division Irrigation System, Outlet Works Gate Tower and Bridge", 11 photos, 2 photo caption pages