Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 518 - MID-COAST BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-518-0010 - Classifications

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In accordance
			 with ORS 536.220,
			 536.300,
			 536.310, and
			 536.340, the waters of the
			 Mid-Coast Basin are classified for domestic, livestock, municipal, irrigation,
			 power development, industrial, mining, recreation, wildlife and fish life uses
			 with preference given to human consumption and livestock consumption over any
			 other beneficial uses, with the following exceptions:
(a) The waters of the following natural lakes
			 of the Mid-Coast Basin are classified for utilization of water for domestic,
			 livestock, and in-lake uses for recreation, wildlife, and fish life purposes:
			 Devils, Triangle, Lily, Sutton, Mercer, Collard, Munsel, Cleawox, Carter, Lost,
			 Elbow, Clear, Woahink, Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, and Threemile;
(b) The waters of Clear Lake are classified
			 for municipal use in addition to the uses specified in subsection (a) of this
			 section;
(c) The waters of the
			 following streams and their tributaries are classified for utilization of water
			 for domestic, livestock, irrigation of lawn or noncommercial garden not to
			 exceed one-half acre in area, power development and instream uses for
			 recreation, wildlife, and fish life purposes:
(A) Schoolhouse Creek (Mouth in Township 8
			 South);
(B) Fogarty
			 Creek;
(C) Deadhorse
			 Creek;
(D) Canal Creek of Alsea
			 Bay;
(E) Cummins Creek;
(F) Bob Creek;
(G) Tenmile Creek;
(H) Big Creek at Roosevelt Beach;
(I) Cape Creek at Heceta Head;
(J) Quarry Creek;
(K) Knowles Creek of Siuslaw River;
(L) Hadsall Creek of Siuslaw River;
(M) Woahink Creek;
(N) Siltcoos River;
(O) Tahkenitch Creek; and
(P) Threemile Creek.
(d) The waters of the following streams and
			 their tributaries are classified for utilization of water for domestic,
			 livestock, municipal, irrigation of lawn or noncommercial garden not to exceed
			 one-half acre in area, power development and instream uses for recreation,
			 wildlife, and fish life purposes:
(A) Salmon
			 River;
(B) Schooner Creek of Siletz
			 Bay upstream from the intersection of Schooner Creek and the section line
			 between Section 25, Township 7 South, Range 11 West, WM, and Section 30,
			 Township 7 South, Range 10 West, WM;
(C) Drift Creek of Siletz Bay;
(D) Tributaries to Depoe Bay;
(E) Rocky Creek;
(F) Spencer Creek;
(G) Moolack Creek;
(H) Big Creek near Newport;
(I) Henderson Creek (Mouth in Township 11
			 South);
(J) Beaver Creek (Mouth in
			 Township 12 South);
(K) Big Creek
			 at San Marine;
(L) Vingie
			 Creek;
(M) Starr Creek;
(N) Sutton Creek; and
(O) Munsel Creek.
(e) The waters of Olalla Creek and its
			 tribu-taries are classified for human consumption, livestock consumption,
			 industrial, and instream uses for recreation, wildlife, and fish life
			 purposes;
(f) The waters of
			 Schooner Creek and its tributaries downstream from the intersection of Schooner
			 Creek and the section line between Section 25, Township 7 South, Range 11 West,
			 WM, and Section 30, Township 7 South, Range 10 West, WM, are classified for
			 domestic, livestock, municipal, irrigation and frost control not to exceed an
			 additional total appropriation of 2.5 cfs, power development and instream uses
			 for recreation, wildlife, and fish life purposes; and
(g) The waters of Thiel Creek are classified
			 for domestic, livestock, municipal, irrigation of lawn or noncommercial garden
			 not to exceed one-half acre in area, power development, aesthetics and in-lake
			 and instream uses for recreation, fish life and wildlife purposes.
(h) The waters of Little Creek, a tributary
			 of the Pacific Ocean, and its tributaries located within Sections 22, 27, 28,
			 29, 32, and 33, Township 10 South, Range 11 West, W.M., are withdrawn from
			 further appropriation by order of the State Engineer dated June 7, 1960
			 (Special Order Vol 10, Pg 397) except for municipal use by Agate Beach Water
			 District;
(i) The waters of Mill
			 Creek, a tributary of Yaquina River, and its tributaries located within
			 Sections 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34 and 35, Township 11 South, Range 10
			 West, W.M., are withdrawn from further appropriation by order of the State
			 Engineer dated December 7, 1959 (Special Order Vol 10, Pg 246); and
(j) The waters of Rock Creek (also known as
			 Little Rock Creek or South Fork Rock Creek), a tributary of the Siletz River,
			 and its tributaries above the north line of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section
			 7, Township 10 South, Range 8 West, W.M., during the months of July, August,
			 and September are withdrawn from further appropriation of direct flow and for
			 storage by order of the State Engineer dated July 22, 1960 (Special Order Vol
			 10, Pg 459).