OAR 250-020-0102: Boat Operations in Douglas County
Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2023-02-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Amos Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (2) Andy Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (3) Ben Irving Reservoir: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 35 MPH from the markers (identified by the letter “A”) located where the reservoir narrows to the dam approximately 1.2 miles downstream. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed f rom the markers (identified by the letter “A”) located where the reservoir narrows, to the second set of markers (identified by the letter “B”) approximately one mile upstream. (c) A person must not use an internal combustion engine to propel a boat in the area upstream from the second markers (identified by the letter “B”). (d) A person must not operate a boat within the log-boomed area in the vicinity of the dam spillway. (4) Buckeye Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (5) Calamut Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (6) Carter Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (7) Cliff Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (8) Cooper Creek Reservoir: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 40 MPH on the main body of the reservoir. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within the buoyed areas of Rachelle Inlet, Pierce Canyon Inlet, Sutherlin Inlet, and Douglas Inlet. (c) The provisions of OAR 250-021-0030(7)(d) shall not apply in the area between the slow-no wake zones at Douglas Inlet and Sutherlin Inlet. (9) Diamond Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (10) Eel Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (11) Faller Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (12) Fish Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (13) Ford’s Pond: (a) A person must not use an internal combustion engine to propel a boat . (b) A person must not operate a boat propelled by an electric motor in excess of a slow-no wake speed. (14) Galesville Reservoir: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 40 MPH on the main body of the reservoir. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed along the north shore between the launch ramp and log boom in the buoyed areas. (c) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed between the buoy line at the upper end of the lake to the powerboat deadline, as marked. (d) A person must not use an internal combustion engine to propel a boat above the slow-no wake zone, as marked. (e) A person operating a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed in the otherwise unrestricted portions of the lake must proceed about the lake in a counter clockwise direction. (15) Hemlock Lake: A person must not use an internal combustion engine to propel a boat. (16) Indigo Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (17) June Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (18) Lake in the Woods: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (19) Lemolo Lake: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within 150 feet of the shore or pier line in a zone extending from the launch ramp at Lemolo Lake Resort south to Pool Creek Inlet, and from a point 200 feet south of Pool Creek Inlet south to the small unnamed island, and from there south from the southern tip of the island across to the nearest peninsula. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed in the area from where U.S. Forest Service Road Number 2614 crosses the North Umpqua River to a point 2,000 feet westward thereof. (c) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 40 MPH on all other waters of Lemolo Lake. (20) Loon Lake: (a) A person operating a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH shall proceed in a counterclockwise direction in the otherwise unrestricted portions of the lake. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within the buoyed area extending from the north shore of the cove at Fish Haven Resort in a southwest direction across the lake to the end of the prominent point of land on the south shore of the lake, as marked. (21) Lower Twin Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (22) Lucile Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (23) Maidu Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (24) North Umpqua River: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat in the area between the boat ramp at Lone Rock Camp (approximate RM 32) upstream to Lemolo Lake. (25) Plat I Reservoir: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (26) Skookum Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (27) Umpqua River: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed: (a) In the vicinity of River Forks Park from a point 30 yards downstream (north) from the launching ramp to a point upstream 100 yards on both the North and South Fork of the Umpqua River; (b) Within 300 feet of the boat launching ramp and designated swimming area at Scottsburg Park. (28) Upper Twin Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat . (29) Winchester Bay: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within the limits of Salmon Harbor. (30) Wolf Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat .
Official history and status
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 830.110 & ORS 830.175
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 830.110, ORS 830.175 & ORS 830.195
History: OSMB 1-2023, amend filed 01/26/2023, effective 02/01/2023 OSMB 7-2021, temporary amend filed 07/19/2021, effective 07/19/2021 through 07/28/2021 OSMB 6-2021, temporary amend filed 07/07/2021, effective 07/07/2021 through 07/18/2021 OSMB 8-2018, amend filed 07/16/2018, effective 07/16/2018 Reverted to OSMB 4-2015, f. 4-30-15, cert. ef. 5-1-15 Temporary suspended by OSMB 9-2015(Temp), f. & cert. ef 8-25-15 thru 9-30-15 OSMB 8-2015(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-10-15 thru 9-30-15 OSMB 4-2015, f. 4-30-15, cert. ef. 5-1-15 Reverted to OSMB 3-2008, f. 4-11-08, cert. ef. 4-26-08 OSMB 11-2012(Temp), f. 8-24-12, cert. ef. 8-26-12 thru 8-31-12 OSMB 10-2012(Temp), f. 8-16-12, cert. ef. 8-19-12 thru 8-25-12 OSMB 3-2008, f. 4-11-08, cert. ef. 4-26-08 OSMB 7-2007, f. & cert. ef. 7-2-07 Reverted to OSMB 1-2006, f. & cert. ef. 3-28-06 OSMB 7-2006(Temp), f. 8-15-06, cert. ef. 9-5-06 thru 9-30-06 OSMB 1-2006, f. & cert. ef. 3-28-06 OSMB 7-2002, f. & cert. ef. 10-15-02 OSMB 8-2000, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-00 MB 5-1995, f. & cert. ef. 7-14-95 MB 21-1987, f. 12-31-87, ef. 1-1-88 MB 4-1987, f. 4-20-87, ef. 5-1-87 MB 7-1981, f. & ef. 11-16-81 Reverted to MB 82, f. & ef. 4-19-77, Renumbered from 250-020-0083 MB 4-1981(Temp), f. & ef. 4-17-81 MB 82, f. & ef. 4-19-77, Renumbered from 250-020-0083 Reverted to MB 47, f. 7-14-70, ef. 8-11-70 MB 74(Temp), f. 5-18-76, ef. 6-1-76 thru 9-28-76 MB 47, f. 7-14-70, ef. 8-11-70 MB 41, f. 9-18-68 MB 34, f. & ef. 6-2-67 MB 32, f. 9-14-66 MB 29, f. 6-17-66 MB 20, f. 3-20-63
This rule cites
- OAR 250-021-0030 — resolved
Cited by
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