Water Sources

The Farmers Irrigation District is divided into three sections: the Upper Section, Middle Section, and the Lower Ssection. Please visit our District Map page for a visual look of each section.

Upper Section
Water flows to the Upper Section from the Upper and Lower Green Point Reservoirs, which are commonly known as Kingsley Reservoir, located about 10 miles southwest of the City of Hood River. The reservoirs are filled each year from snowmelt in Gate Creek. The lower reservoir has 288 acre-feet of storage capacity and the upper reservoir has 715 acre-feet of storage. The reservoirs provide water for the Upper Section. The reservoirs are normally snowed in during the winter months, but the upper lake is stocked with trout every year and ready for fishing sometime late April. No motorized boats are allowed on the lake. Water from Kingsley Reservoir flows down Ditch Creek to the Highline Canal Diversion and then through the Highline Pipeline to Upper Section water users.

Middle Section
The Lowline Canal conveys water from North Green Point Creek and Dead Point Creek to the Middle Section water users.

Lower Section
The Famers Canal is used to channel water from the Hood River using an intake structure and a flume to divert water for irrigation use for the Lower Section. The Farmers Canal Diversion is located at river mile 11.4 on the Hood River. Click here to watch our Headgate webcam in action.

Farmers Canal Headgate	Farmers Canal Flume