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OR 5. North Warner Valley. Acreage: 109,000. 



Location: Lake County; Plush and Hart Lake quadrangles; 40 miles NE of 

 Lakeview; reached by Rt. 140 and road to Plush. 



Description: High desert sump (4455 ft elevation). Many alkali lakes and 

 potholes which are filled during years of peak spring runoffs, but dry after a few 

 years of low precipitation. Valley fed by runoff from three streams. 



Encroachments: Loss of water through headwater impoundments and diversions 

 to meadowland in South Warner Valley. 



Ownership: BLM; State Land Board; James Kiely and Warren Laird of Plush, 

 Ore. 97637. 



Data source: Chester E. Kebbe, Oregon State Game Commission, P.O. Box 

 3503, Portland, Ore. 97208. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Dave Luman, BLM, 729 N.E. Oregon St., P.O. 

 Box 2965, Portland, Ore., 97208; William D. Carter, Hart Mountain National 

 Refuge; P.O. Box 111, Lakeview, Ore. 97630. 



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