Yachats River
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| Yachats River | |
|---|---|
| Origin | coastal foothills |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
| Length | 15 mi (24 km) |
| Source elevation | 1200 ft (370 m) |
| Mouth elevation | sea level |
| Avg. discharge | December: 350 ft3/s (9.9 m3/s) September: 19 ft3/s (0.5 m3/s)[1] |
| Basin area | 44 mi2 (114 km2) [2] |
The Yachats River [pronounced yah hots] is a short river on the central Oregon coast, about 60 miles WNW of Eugene. The name is the native name meaning at the foot of the mountain.[3]
The river begins about 12 miles ESE of Yachats, Oregon in steep, thick forest, a half mile north of Klickatat Mountain and flows northward about 3 miles, joins Grass Creek then about 0.4 miles later joins with School Fork and turns westward. Keller Creek and Stump Creek join after about a mile of meandering, followed after a half mile by Neiglick Creek at river mile 10. The river bed widens significantly and levels out to become very slow moving and turns northward about a half mile, then westward at river mile 8. It meanders westward the rest of the way to the ocean. The sand and stone beach at the river bar is normally very shallow, which allows the tide to change the length of the river as much as a mile.
[edit] References
- ^ Yachats Comprehensive Plan—Natural Resources. City of Yachats, Oregon (1990). Retrieved on 2006-08-20.
- ^ Yachats Roadwork Project Environmental Assessment pp. 1. USDA Forest Service (2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-20.
- ^ Oregon's Covered Bridges—North Fork of the Yachats Bridge (2004-02-24). Retrieved on 2006-08-20.
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