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Crane Prairie Reservoir
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Location	Deschutes County, Oregon
Coordinates	43°46′50″N 121°48′02″W / 43.780638°N 121.800613°W / 43.780638; -121.800613
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Deschutes River
Primary outflows	Deschutes River
Catchment area	185 sq mi (480 km2)
Basin countries	United States
Designation	Wildlife Management Area within the Deschutes National Forest
Built	1922, 1940
Surface area	3,420 acres (1,380 ha)
Average depth	15.5 ft (4.7 m)
Max. depth	20 ft (6.1 m)
Water volume	55,300 acre⋅ft (68,200,000 m3)
Shore length1	22 mi (35 km)
Surface elevation	4,452 ft (1,357 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Crane Prairie Reservoir is a man-made lake located about 42 miles (68 km) southwest of Bend in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. The reservoir is named for the cranes that thrive in its habitat and for the upper Deschutes River prairie that once covered the area before the dam on the Deschutes was constructed in 1922. Eighteen years later, in 1940, the dam was rebuilt by the Bureau of Reclamation. The reservoir now serves as one of Oregon's largest rainbow trout fisheries. The heaviest fish ever caught in the lake was a 19-pound (8.6 kg) trout.

The Deschutes River, which originates at Little Lava Lake, flows south for 8.4 miles (13.5 km) to Crane Prairie Reservoir. The river leaves the reservoir via the dam and continues south to Wickiup Reservoir.