| Crane Prairie Reservoir | |
| Location: | Deschutes County, Oregon |
| Coords: | 43.7806°N -121.8006°W |
| Type: | Reservoir |
| Inflow: | Deschutes River |
| Outflow: | Deschutes River |
| Catchment: | 185mi2 |
| Basin Countries: | United States |
| Designation: | Wildlife Management Area within the Deschutes National Forest |
| Date-Built: | 1922, 1940 |
| Area: | 3420acres |
| Depth: | 15.5feet |
| Max-Depth: | 20feet |
| Volume: | 55300acre.ft |
| Shore: | 22miles |
| Elevation: | 4452feet |
| Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Crane Prairie Reservoir is located in Oregon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Crane Prairie Reservoir in Oregon, USA. |
| Reference: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Crane Prairie Reservoir is a man-made lake located about 42miles southwest of Bend in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.[1] [2] The reservoir is named for the cranes that thrive in its habitat and for the upper Deschutes River prairie that once covered the area before the dam on the Deschutes was constructed in 1922. Eighteen years later, in 1940, the dam was rebuilt by the Bureau of Reclamation.[3] The reservoir now serves as one of Oregon's largest rainbow trout fisheries. The heaviest fish ever caught in the lake was a 19lb trout.[1]
The Deschutes River, which originates at Little Lava Lake, flows south for 8.4miles to Crane Prairie Reservoir.[5] The river leaves the reservoir via the dam and continues south to Wickiup Reservoir.[6]