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= Boating, motors or other devices prohibited
= Speed restricted (including Slow-no wake).
= Other activities, movements or equipment restricted
Motor restrictions, speed limits and other operating reglations on Oregon waterways.
 
Listed by Waterbody, County, Oregon Administrative Rule or Oregon Revised Statute

E
Earl Snell Memorial Park Lagoon
Gilliam, 250-020-0121
Motor prohibited south of railroad bridge.

East Freeway Lake
Linn, 250-020-0240
10 MPH speed limit for motorboats.

East Lake
Deschutes, 830.185/250-020-0091
 10 mph speed limit for motorboats during legal fishing days and hours.
 Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
-- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
-- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.

Eel Lake
Coos/Douglas, 250-020-0061
 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.

Elk Lake
Deschutes, 830.185/250-020-0091
 10 mph speed limit for motorboats during legal fishing days and hours.
 Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
-- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
-- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.

Elk River
Curry, 250-020-0082
 No person shall operate a motorboat on the Elk River except as follows:
A) From the Iron Head Ramp downstream, only outboard motors 25 horsepower or less are allowed. Jet pumps prohibited entire river and:
 
B) From the Iron Head Ramp upstream, persons who own land fronting both sides of the river may, by permit issued by the Marine Board, use a motorboat with a propeller driven outboard motor 25 horsepower or less.
 
C) Electric motors are allowed on the entire river.

Emigrant Lake
Jackson, 250-020-0151
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats:
-- in Spillway Cove designated moorage area;
-- in the Hill Creek arm, as marked;
-- in the Emigrant Creek arm, as marked.
Moorage permit required after 48 hours outside designated moorage area

Empire Lakes
Coos, 250-020-0063
 Electric motor only.

F
Fahey Lake
Coos, 250-020-0063
 Electric motor only.

Fall Creek Lake
Lane, 250-020-0221
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats:
-- on Fall Creek above buoys approx. 200' downstream from Big Fall Creek Rd.;
-- on Winberry Creek upstream of buoys approx. 1,800' downstream from Winberry Creek Rd. bridge;
-- within 200' of ramp or designated swim area.

Faller Lake
Douglas, 250-020-0102
 Motor prohibited.

Fern Ridge Lake
Lane, 250-020-0221
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats:
-- within 200' of boat ramp or designated swimming area;
-- in Coyote Creek Channel;
-- between shore and buoy line from north shore south 200' from docks except for buoyed corridor south of Eugene Y.C. southernmost dock;
-- south of buoy line extending easterly from point 100 yds. north of Perkins boat ramp to adjacent shore.
 Motors prohibited on Fern Ridge Reservoir south of State Highway 126.
 Propeller driven airboat or non-displacement hull type hovercraft are prohibited from areas where there is emergent vegetation present:
-- Coyote Creek area
-- Amazon Bay area
-- South Marsh area
-- Long Tom area

Fish Lake
Douglas, 250-20-102
 Motor prohibited.

Fish Lake
Harney, 250-020-0132
 Motor prohibited.

Fish Lake
Jackson, 250-020-0151
 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.

Floras Creek
Curry, 250-020-0082
 Electric motor only.

Foster Reservoir
Linn, 250-020-0241
 Towing of water skiers and other towed devices restricted:
-- to 200' or more from shore, except on "safe" (see P. ii) take-offs and landings;
-- to counter-clockwise pattern;
-- to take-offs, landings at 45-degree angles to shore.
 Distances of boats from water skiers must be at least:
-- 300' behind skier;
-- 100' alongside skier.
 Towing boat's bow must not be crossed within 200'.
 5 mph speed limit for motorboats:
-- within 200' of shore or designated swimming area;
-- upstream of highway bridges over Middle and South Santiam arms;
-- within posted areas around Gedney and Lewis Creek boat landings.
 Boating prohibited between trash boom and dam.

Frog Lake
Wasco, 830.180
 Motor prohibited.

G
Galesville Reservoir
Douglas, 250-020-0102
 40 mph speed limit for motorboats on main body.
 Movement at more than 5 mph limited to counter-clockwise direction.
 5 mph speed limit for motorboats:
-- between boat ramp and log boom in north shore buoyed areas;
-- between marked areas at upper end.
 Electric motor only above marked 5 mph zone.

Gilbert River
Columbia/Multnomah, 250-020-0051, 250-020-0053, 250-020-0285
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats at Sauvie Island:
-- within 200' of boarding floats;
-- lower 0.5 mile.
 Boating prohibited except for holders of Sauvie Island Hunt Permit. (Oct. 10 through Jan. 20)
(See Sauvie Island Wildlife Area, P. 39.)

Gold Lake
Lane, 830.180
 Motor prohibited.

Goose Lake
Marion, 250-020-0259
 Electric motor only.

Grande Ronde Lake
Union, 250-020-0330
 Motor prohibited.

Grande Ronde River
Wallowa, 250-020-0340
 Motor prohibited between Umatilla National Forest Boundary downstream to the Oregon/Washington state line, except for landowner access for land management activities.

Green Peter Reservoir
Linn, 250-020-0242
 Towing of water skiers and other towed devices restricted:
-- to 200' or more from shore, except on "safe" (see P. ii) take-offs and landings;
-- to counter-clockwise pattern;
-- to take-offs, landings at 45-degree angles to shore.
 Distances of boats from water skiers must be at least:
-- 300' behind skier;
-- 100' alongside skier.
 Towing boat's bow must not be crossed within 200'.
 10 mph speed limit for motorboats:
-- within 200' of shore (excluding Quartzville Arm below Rocky Top Bridge) or designated swimming area;
-- within posted Green Peter Creek Arm area;
-- within posted Thistle Creek Arm boat ramp area;
-- within Whitcomb Creek Arm upstream of highway bridge or posted ramp area;
-- within Quartzville Creek Arm above Rocky Top bridge;
-- within Middle Fork Santiam Arm upstream from approximately 1 mi. below Weyerhaeuser bridge;
-- within Tally Creek Arm above Weyerhaeuser bridge;
-- within posted Rumbaugh Creek Arm area.
 Boating prohibited between trash boom and dam.

Green Peter Reservoir
Hood River, 250-020-0141
 5 mph speed limit for motorboats.

H
Hand Lake
Jefferson, 250-020-0161
 Motor prohibited.

Haystack Reservoir
Jefferson, 250-020-0161
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats within signed western and southern cove buoy lines.

Heart Lake
Lake, 250-020-0211
 Electric motor only.

Hemlock Lake
Douglas, 250-020-0102
 Electric motor only.

Henry Hagg Lake
Henry Hagg LakeWashington, 250-020-0360
(click image to enlarge)
 
 Slow-no wake for motorboats within 200' of shore or marked swimming area, and waters west of buoyed line northwest of dam.
 Boating prohibited within buoyed or marked swimming area.
 35 mph speed limit for motorboats east of buoyed line and more than 200' offshore.
 Movement restricted to counter-clockwise pattern.

Hidden Lake
Lane, 250-020-0221
 Motor prohibited.

Higgins Reservoir
Baker, 250-020-0013
 Electric motors only.

Hills Creek Reservoir
Lane, 250-020-0221
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats:
-- on Hills Creek south of bridge;
-- on Packard Creek arm west of Rigdon Road;
-- within 200' of boat ramp or designated swimming area.
 Motor prohibited on Larison Creek arm, west of Rigdon Road.
(See Willamette River, Middle Fork, P. 48.)

Holbrook Reservoir
Lake, 250-020-0211
 Electric motor only.

Horseshoe Lake
Jefferson, 830.180
 Motor prohibited.

Hosmer Lake
Deschutes, 830.185/250-020-0091
 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
 Electric motor only.

Howard Prairie Lake
Jackson, 250-020-0151
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats in designated moorage area at resort marina and Klum Landing.
 Moorage permit required after 48 hours outside designated moorage area.

Hult Reservoir
Lane, 250-020-0221
 Electric motor only.

Hyatt Lake
Jackson, 250-020-0151
 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.

I
Illinois River
Curry, 250-030-0030
 Motor prohibited from Deer Creek downstream to Nancy Creek.

Indigo Lake
Douglas, 250-020-0102
 Motor prohibited.

Irish Lake
Deschutes, 830.180
 Motor prohibited.

Island Lake
Jefferson, 250-020-0161
 Motor prohibited.

J
Jack Lake
Jefferson, 250-020-0161
 Motor prohibited.

John Day River
Clatsop, 250-020-0041
 5 mph speed limit for motorboats within 200' of houseboat.
 Slow-no wake for motorboats within 200' of boat ramp or designated swimming area.

John Day River
Gilliam/Sherman/Wheeler, 250-021-0040, 250-030-0030
 Personal watercraft allowed downstream from Tumwater Falls (RM 10). (see here)
 Tumwater Falls to Cottonwood Bridge (Hwy 206): Motorized boating prohibited May 1 - Oct. 1.
 Cottonwood Bridge to Hwy 218 Bridge at Clarno: Closed to motorized boating year round. (Federal rule, John Day River Management Plan)
 Hwy 218 Bridge at Clarno to Service Creek: Closed to motorized boating between May 1 and Oct. 1, except use of one small electric motor (40 lbs thrust or less) per boat will be permitted during this period. (Federal rule, John Day River Management Plan)
 John Day South Fork closed to motorized boating year round. (Federal rule, John Day River Management Plan)

Jubilee Lake
Union, 250-020-0330
 Electric motor only.

June Lake
Douglas, 250-020-0102
 Motor prohibited.

K
Kilchis River
Tillamook, 250-020-0308, 250-021-0040
 Electric motor only upstream from Parks boat ramp at Hwy 101 bridge.
 Personal watercraft allowed downstream from Hwy 101 bridge. (see P. 5)
 Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph from RM 0 to Parks boat ramp.

Kiwa Lake
Lane, 250-020-0221
 Motor prohibited.

Klamath Lake
Klamath, Chapter 250, Division 022
 Vessels harvesting plankton on Klamath Lake must carry required safety equipment.

Krumbo Reservoir
Harney, 250-020-0132
 Manual powered or electric motor only during Oregon trout season.

 
Page updated: November 03, 2009

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