# Gerber Dam

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{{Short description|Dam in Klamath County, Oregon, United States}}
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'''Gerber Dam''' is a concrete [arch dam](/source/arch_dam) located 14 miles east of [Bonanza, Oregon](/source/Bonanza%2C_Oregon), and about 12 miles north of the [California](/source/California) border, in [Klamath County, Oregon](/source/Klamath_County%2C_Oregon).

The dam was completed in 1925 by the [United States Bureau of Reclamation](/source/United_States_Bureau_of_Reclamation) as part of the [Klamath Project](/source/Klamath_Project).  It provides irrigation storage but no hydroelectric power, and it reduces flow into the downstream [Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Tule_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge) in California.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Gerber+Dam&groupName=Overview |title=Dam details - Gerber Dam - Bureau of Reclamation |access-date=2012-07-16 |archive-date=2014-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903111129/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Gerber+Dam&groupName=Overview |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The dam has a height of 84 feet and is 460 feet long at the crest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Gerber+Dam&groupName=Dimensions |title=Dam details - Gerber Dam - Bureau of Reclamation |access-date=2012-07-16 |archive-date=2014-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903111126/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Gerber+Dam&groupName=Dimensions |url-status=dead }}</ref>
alt=Drone image of Gerber Reservoir dam taken looking SW from the reservoir toward the dam.|thumb|Gerber Reservoir dam
[Gerber Reservoir](/source/Gerber_Reservoir), formed by impounding [Miller Creek](/source/Miller_Creek_(Klamath_County%2C_Oregon)), contains 94,300 [acre-feet](/source/acre-feet) of water.  The reservoir is a popular recreation area.<ref>[http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Gerber%20Rec%20Area.pdf Gerber recreational area] blm.gov{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904161726/http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Gerber%20Rec%20Area.pdf |date=2012-09-04 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://aol.research.pdx.edu/?q=lake/447 Atlas of Oregon Lakes site]

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Category:Dams in Oregon
Category:Reservoirs in Oregon
Category:United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
Category:Buildings and structures in Klamath County, Oregon
Category:Dams completed in 1925
Category:1925 establishments in Oregon
Category:Lakes of Klamath County, Oregon

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