OAR 250-020-0102
Boat Operations in Douglas County

(1) Amos Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Amos Lake.
(2) Andy Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Andy Lake.
(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 at a speed in excess of 5 MPH:
(A) From 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;
(B) Within 100 feet of the boat ramp as marked.
(c) A person must not use a motor, except an electric motor, 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 on Buckeye Lake.
(5) Calamut Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Calamut Lake.
(6) Carter Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 10 MPH on Carter Lake.
(7) Cliff Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Cliff Lake.
(8) Cooper Creek Reservoir:
(a) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 40 MPH on the main body of the Reservoir;
(b) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 5 MPH within the buoyed area of Rachelle Inlet; Pierce Canyon Inlet; Sutherlin Inlet and Douglas Inlet;
(c) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 5 MPH within 200 feet of a boat launching ramp or designated swimming area.
(9) Diamond Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 10 MPH on Diamond Lake.
(10) Faller Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Faller Lake.
(11) Fish Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Fish Lake.
(12) Ford’s Pond:
(a) A person must not use a motor, except an electric motor, to propel a boat on Ford’s Pond.
(b) A person must not operate a boat propelled by an electric motor in excess of 5 MPH on Ford’s Pond.
(13) Galesville Reservoir:
(a) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 40 MPH on the main body of the reservoir;
(b) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 5 MPH along the north shore between the launch ramp and log boom, in the buoyed areas;
(c) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 5 MPH between the buoy line at the upper end of the lake to the powerboat deadline as marked;
(d) A person must not use a motor, except an electric motor, to propel a boat above the 5 MPH zone, as marked;
(e) Persons operating a motorboat in excess of 5 MPH in the otherwise unrestricted portions of the lake must proceed about the lake in a counter clockwise direction.
(14) Hemlock Lake: A person must not use a motor, except an electric motor, to propel a boat on Hemlock Lake.
(15) Indigo Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Indigo Lake.
(16) June Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on June Lake.
(17) Lake in the Woods: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Lake in the Woods.
(18) 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 at a speed in excess of 40 MPH on all other waters of Lemolo Lake.
(19) Loon Lake:
(a) Except for safe take-offs and landings, a person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a “slow-no wake” speed within 200 feet of the designated swimming area and boat mooring area at the BLM day use area, as marked. Boats towing skiers may exceed 5 MPH to the extent necessary to maintain the skier in a skiing position, within 200 feet from the designated swimming area and boat mooring area only under safe conditions as outlined in this section. A safe take-off or landing will not be considered “safe” unless it can be accomplished without risk to any swimmer or craft within 200 feet from designated swimming area and boat mooring area. If a safe landing as thus defined is not possible, skiers must be picked up by the boat before coming within 200 feet from the designated swimming area and boat mooring area and brought to shore under usual speed restrictions (5 MPH within 200 feet of the designated swimming area and boat mooring area). Take-offs and landings are required to be made following the mandatory counter-clockwise pattern.
(b) Persons operating a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH shall proceed in a counter-clockwise direction in the otherwise unrestricted portions of the lake.
(c) 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.
(20) Lower Twin Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Lower Twin Lake.
(21) Lucile Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Lucile Lake.
(22) Maidu Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Maidu Lake.
(23) 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.
(24) Plat I Reservoir: A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 10 MPH on Plat I Reservoir.
(25) Skookum Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Skookum Lake.
(26) Umpqua River:
(a) A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 5 MPH 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; and
(b) Within 300 feet of the boat launching ramp and designated swimming area at Scottsburg Park.
(27) Upper Twin Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Upper Twin Lake.
(28) Winchester Bay: A person must not operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 5 MPH within the limits of Salmon Harbor.
(29) Wolf Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat on Wolf Lake.

Source: Rule 250-020-0102 — Boat Operations in Douglas County, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=250-020-0102 (accessed May 26, 2025).

250–020–0005
Applicability of Terms 250–020–0013
Boat Operations in Baker County 250–020–0026
Boat Operations in Benton County 250–020–0031
Boat Operations and Water Skiing on Lake Oswego in Clackamas County 250–020–0032
Boat Operations on the Willamette River in Clackamas County 250–020–0033
Boat Operations in Clackamas County 250–020–0041
Boat Operations in Clatsop County 250–020–0042
Boat Operations on the Nehalem River in Clatsop and Tillamook Counties 250–020–0043
Boat Operations on the Necanicum River in Clatsop County 250–020–0051
Boat Operations in Columbia County 250–020–0053
Boat Operations in Columbia and Multnomah Counties 250–020–0061
Boat Operations on Eel Lake in Coos and Douglas Counties 250–020–0062
Boat Operations on North Ten Mile Lake, Ten Mile Lake, and Ten Mile Creek in Coos County 250–020–0063
Boat Operations in Coos County 250–020–0064
Boat Operations on the Coquille and Millicoma Rivers in Coos County 250–020–0065
Boat Operations on the South Slough Estuarine Sanctuary in Coos County 250–020–0073
Boat Operations on Ochoco and Prineville Reservoirs in Crook County 250–020–0074
Boat Operations in Crook County 250–020–0082
Boat Operations in Curry County 250–020–0091
Boat Operations in Deschutes County 250–020–0101
Boat Operations on Eel Lake in Douglas and Coos Counties 250–020–0102
Boat Operations in Douglas County 250–020–0105
Boat Operations on Cooper Creek Reservoir in Douglas County 250–020–0121
Boat Operations in Gilliam County 250–020–0125
Boat Operations in Grant County 250–020–0132
Boat Operations in Harney County 250–020–0141
Boat Operations in Hood River County 250–020–0151
Boat Operations in Jackson County 250–020–0161
Boat Operations in Jefferson County 250–020–0171
Boat Operations in Josephine County 250–020–0201
Boating and Water Skiing on Lake of the Woods in Klamath County 250–020–0202
Boat Operations on Miller Lake in Klamath County 250–020–0203
Boat Operations on Klamath Lake in the Vicinity of Moore Park Marina 250–020–0204
Boat Operations in Klamath County 250–020–0205
Regulations — Klamath County 250–020–0211
Boat Operations in Lake County 250–020–0221
Boat Operations on Certain Waters in Lane County 250–020–0231
Boat Operations in Lincoln County 250–020–0239
Boat Operations in Linn County on Big Lake 250–020–0240
Boat Operations in Linn County 250–020–0241
Boat Operations on Foster Reservoir in Linn County 250–020–0242
Boat Operations on Green Peter Reservoir in Linn County 250–020–0243
Boat Operations and Water Skiing on Detroit Dam Reservoir and Tributaries in Linn and Marion counties 250–020–0245
Boat Operations in Linn and Marion Counties 250–020–0250
Boat Operations in Malheur County 250–020–0259
Boat Operations in Marion County 250–020–0260
Boat Operations and Water Skiing on Detroit Dam Reservoir and Tributaries in Marion and Linn counties 250–020–0261
Boat Operations on the Willamette River in Marion and Polk Counties 250–020–0270
Boat Operations in Morrow County 250–020–0280
Boat Operations in Multnomah County 250–020–0281
Boat Operations in Multnomah County 250–020–0282
Boat Operations in Multnomah County on Multnomah Channel 250–020–0285
Boat Operations in Multnomah and Columbia Counties 250–020–0295
Boat Operations in Sherman County 250–020–0300
Boat Operations on the Nehalem River in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties 250–020–0308
Boat Operations in Tillamook County 250–020–0309
Boat Operations at Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge, Pacific Ocean, Tillamook County 250–020–0310
Boat Operations on Certain Waters in Tillamook County 250–020–0311
Boat Operations on the Nehalem River in Tillamook County 250–020–0312
Boat Operations on the Big Nestucca River in Tillamook County 250–020–0323
Boat Operations in Umatilla County 250–020–0330
Boat Operations in Union County 250–020–0340
Boat Operations in Wallowa County 250–020–0350
Boat Operations in Wasco County 250–020–0360
Boat Operations on Henry Hagg Lake in Washington County 250–020–0370
Boat Operations in Washington County 250–020–0385
Boat Operations in Yamhill and Marion Counties

May 26, 2025

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