OAR 250-020-0204: Boat Operations in Klamath County
Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2023-02-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Crescent Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed in the northwesternmost portion of the lake between the island and the northern shore (known as Tranquil Cove), as marked. (2) Fourmile Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (3) Lake of the Woods: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed or for the purpose of towed watersports within 200 feet of any dock or shore. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 20 MPH between the hours of one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. (4) Miller Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH within 100 feet of the shoreline except on the northwest end of the lake designated "Water Ski Area." (5) Spring Creek: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat within the boundaries of Collier State Park. (6) Upper Klamath Lake: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 10 MPH in the portion of Upper Klamath Lake and Link River that lies east of a line projected from the west side of the Moore Park pumphouse north to the west boundary line of the Pelican Marina, except during such hours that authorized boat races are held. (b) A racing motorboat testing area is designated between an east-west line from the south-east corner of Wocus Bay and 1/2 mile north of McCormack Point and west of Buck Island. (7) Williamson River: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within 200 feet of any dock from the mouth to State Highway 97.
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 3-2021, amend filed 04/23/2021, effective 05/01/2021 OSMB 4-2015, f. 4-30-15, cert. ef. 5-1-15 OSMB 4-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-4-05 OSMB 4-2003, f. & cert. ef. 6-12-03 OSMB 12-1998, f. 7-15-98, cert. ef. 8-1-98 OSMB 8-1998, f. & cert. ef. 5-21-98 MB 45, f. 8-25-69, Renumbered from 250-020-0024
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