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Deschutes Basin Interactive WatershedLower DeschutesTrout CreekWillow CreekMetolius RiverWhychus CreekCrooked RiverMcKay CreekOchoco CreekMill CreekMiddle Deschutes RiverTumalo CreekUpper Dechutes RiverFall RiverPaulina Creek
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Deschutes Basin
Interactive Watershed

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Deschutes Basin Interactive Watershed
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Lower Deschutes River

Location

Lake Billy Chinook to the Columbia River

Primary Habitat

Native rainbow trout, salmon, steelhead, lamprey

Challenge

Rising temperatures and toxic algae blooms degrade habitat

Lower Deschutes
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Trout Creek

Trout Creek is a 51-mile long tributary of the Deschutes River. It drains approximately 692 square miles of Crook, Jefferson, and Wasco counties. Arising in the Ochoco Mountains, it flows north and then west to its confluence with the Deschutes River.

Trout Creek
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Willow Creek

Willow Creek is a tributary, about 26 miles long, of the Deschutes River in central Oregon in the United States. Arising near Foley Butte in the western Ochoco Mountains in Crook County, it flows generally northwest into Jefferson County and through the Crooked River National Grassland.

Willow Creek
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Metolius River

Location

Tributary of the Deschutes River with the confluence at Lake Billy Chinook

Primary Habitat

Sockeye salmon and bull trout, mountain whitefish

Challenge

Retains a relatively intact and healthy eco-system.

Metolius River
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Whychus Creek

Location

Tributary to the Deschutes River with the confluence on the Middle Deschutes

Primary Habitat

Chinook salmon, steelhead and redband trout, and bull trout

Challenge

Low flows in the summer create habitat and water quality issues for fish and wildlife.

Whychus Creek
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Crooked River

Location

Flows through Prineville and is a tributary at of the Deschutes River with the confluence at Lake Billy Chinook.

Primary Habitat

Bull trout, steelhead trout, Chinook salmon and redband trout, brown trout, mountain whitefish

Challenge

Low flows in the summer create habitat and water quality issues for fish and wildlife.

Crooked River
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

McKay Creek

Location

Tributary of the Crooked River

Primary Habitat

Steelhead spawning and rearing grounds

Challenge

Altered hydrograph as well as water and habitat quality affect fish and wildlife.

McKay Creek
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Ochoco Creek

Location

Tributary of the Crooked River

Primary Habitat

Steelhead trout, Chinook salmon and redband trout

Challenge

Low flows in the summer create habitat and water quality issues for fish and wildlife.

Ochoco Creek
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Mill Creek

Location

Tributary to the Deschutes River with the confluence on the Middle Deschutes

Primary Habitat

Redband trout

Challenge

Low flows in the summer create habitat and water quality issues for fish and wildlife.

Mill Creek
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Middle Deschutes River

Location

Bend to Lake Billy Chinook

Primary Habitat

Rainbow trout, mountain whitefish, with steelhead and Chinook salmon below natural fish passage barriers

Challenge

Low flows in the summer create habitat and water quality issues for fish and wildlife.

Middle Deschutes River
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Tumalo Creek

Location

Tributary to the Deschutes River with the confluence on the Middle Deschutes

Primary Habitat

Redband trout

Challenge

Low flows in the summer create habitat and water quality issues for fish and wildlife.

Tumalo Creek
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Upper Deschutes River

Location

Wickiup Reservoir

Primary Habitat

Oregon Spotted Frog, brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, mountain whitefish

Challenge

High flows in the summer and low flows in the winter damage habitat and river structure.

Upper Dechutes River
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Fall River

The Fall River is a tributary of the Deschutes River in the Deschutes National Forest in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. The source is a spring approximately 2 miles northwest of Pringle Falls.

Fall River
Mapping the Deschutes Watershed

Paulina Creek

Location

Paulina

Primary Habitat

Oregon Spotted Frog, brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, mountain whitefish

Challenge

High flows in the summer and low flows in the winter damage habitat and river structure.

Tumalo Creek