Warm Springs Indian Reservation - Geography

Geography

The reservation lies primarily in parts of Wasco County and Jefferson County, but there are smaller sections in six other counties; in descending order of land area they are: Clackamas, Marion, Gilliam, Sherman, Linn and Hood River counties. (The Hood River County portion consists of tiny sections of non-contiguous off-reservation trust land in the northeast corner of the county.) The reservation is 105 miles (170 km) southeast of Portland; 348,000 acres (544 sq mi / 1408 kmĀ²), over half, is forested. Its 2000 census total population was 3,314 inhabitants.

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