North Santiam Fish Counts

Upper and Lower Bennett Dams

Upper and Lower Bennett Dams are located southeast of the town of Stayton on the North Santiam River. Upper Bennett Dam is on the south side of Stayton Island and Lower Bennett Dam is on the north side. Fish passage structures and video cameras are installed at each dam. Review of the video feed allows an ODFW employee to counts the number and species of fish making their way upstream.


1/1/14 through 9/30/14

Species	Upper Bennett	Lower Bennett	Total
Summer Steelhead	2633	919	3552
Winter Steelhead	770	105	875
Unknown Steelhead	32	3	35
Total Steelhead	3435	1027	4462
Spring Chinook -- ad clipped	4766	645	5411
Spring Chinook -- unmarked	1297	182	1479
Spring Chinook -- jacks	116	47	163
Spring Chinook -- unknown mark	5	1	6
Spring Chinook -- total	6184	875	7059
Lamprey	1311	139	1450
Coho	13	4	17

Lower Bennett Video Started On 4/25/13.
Lower Bennett Video Removed For Winter Storage On 12/10/13.
Upper Bennett Video Run 24/7 365 Days A Year.