Reservoir and Fish Ladder
Abiqua Creek is the main water supply for the city of Silverton, which also gets water from Silver Creek and stores water in Silverton Reservoir. The Abiqua Creek water reaches the city from a diversion dam in the Cascade Range foothills at RM 10.4 (RK 16.7). The diversion dam's higher elevation above sea level allows water to flow to the Silverton water treatment plant without pumping.
In 2007, the city of Silverton, the Pudding River Watershed Council, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) began a project to improve fish passage on Abiqua Creek. The first stage of the project involves evaluating the effectiveness of the fish ladder on the city's diversion dam, built in 1916. The creek supports native populations of winter steelhead and has the potential to support spring Chinook salmon. Abiqua Creek has historically supported the largest steelhead spawning populations in the Pudding River watershed. A catch-and-release fishing season for cutthroat trout begins at the end of May, but the creek is closed to salmon and steelhead fishing.
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