Loon Lake (Oregon)

Loon Lake
Loon Lake
	Loon Lake Loon Lake
Location	Douglas County, Oregon
Coordinates	43°35′13″N 123°50′14″W / 43.58694°N 123.83722°W
Type	Landslide-dammed lake, oligotrophic
Primary inflows	Lake Creek
Primary outflows	Mill Creek
Catchment area	89 sq mi (231 km2)
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	2 mi (3 km)
Max. width	0.4 mi (0.6 km)
Surface area	294 acres (119 ha)
Average depth	53 ft (16 m)
Max. depth	105 ft (32 m)
Water volume	15,700 acre⋅ft (19,400,000 m3)
Residence time	1 month
Shore length1	6.1 mi (9.8 km)
Surface elevation	392 ft (119 m)
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loon Lake is a 294-acre (119 ha)^[1] lake in Douglas County in the Oregon Coast Range of the United States, 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Reedsport, Oregon, at an elevation of 392 feet (119 m).^[2] The lake is about 2 miles (3 km) long with a maximum width of about 0.4 miles (0.6 km), and is over 100 feet (30 m) deep in some places.

The lake is "a classic example of a landslide lake",^[1] dammed by a slide of sandstone blocks which fell into the Lake Creek valley about 1,400 years ago. The lake was discovered in 1852 and named for the loons found on its waters.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Johnson, Daniel M.; et al. (1985). Atlas of Oregon Lakes. Oregon State University Press. p. 224. ISBN 0-87071-343-4. This lists the elevation as 420 ft.
^ ^a ^b "USGS Topographic Map". This shows an elevation of 392 ft.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Loon Lake (Oregon) This lists the elevation as 397 ft.