Coast Fork Willamette River

The Coast Fork Willamette River is one of two forks that unite to form the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States. It is about 40 miles (64 km) long, draining an area of the mountains at the south end of the Willamette Valley south of Eugene.

Coast Fork Willamette River
The Coast Fork Willamette River
Map of the Willamette River basin with the Coast Fork highlighted
Location of the mouth of the Coast Fork Willamette River in Oregon
Etymology	Willamette is from a similar Clackamas Indian village name[1]
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Big River and Garoutte Creek
• location	Calapooya Mountains, Oregon
• coordinates	43°35′44″N 123°4′4″W[2]
• elevation	990 ft (300 m)[3]
Mouth	Willamette River
• location	near Eugene and Springfield, Oregon
• coordinates	44°1′23″N 123°1′25″W[2]
• elevation	436 ft (133 m)[2]
Length	40 mi (64 km)[4]
Basin size	666 sq mi (1,720 km2)[5]
Discharge
• location	Goshen, 6.4 miles (10.3 km) from the mouth[6]
• average	1,558 cu ft/s (44.1 m3/s)[7]
• minimum	36 cu ft/s (1.0 m3/s)
• maximum	58,500 cu ft/s (1,660 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Row River

Course

The Coast Fork Willamette River is formed in southwestern Lane County, in the Calapooya Mountains, by the confluence of the Little River and the Big River. The Coast Fork flows north through the mountains, through the Cottage Grove Lake reservoir, to Cottage Grove, where it receives the Row River from the southeast. It continues north past Creswell and joins the Middle Fork from the south, about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Eugene, to form the Willamette.

See also

• List of rivers of Oregon
• Willamette Riverkeeper

References

1. Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 567. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
2. "Coast Fork Willamette River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
3. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
4. United States Geological Survey (USGS). "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map: Harness Mountain, Oregon, Quadrant". TopoQuest. Retrieved August 3, 2010. The map includes river-mile markers from mouth to source.
5. "Coast Fork Willamette". Willamette Riverkeeper. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
6. "Water-data report 2009: 14157500 Coast Fork Willamette River near Goshen, OR" (pdf). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
7. "Water-data report 2009: 14157500 Coast Fork Willamette River near Goshen, OR" (pdf). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

External links

• Media related to Coast Fork Willamette River at Wikimedia Commons