Scoggins Creek

Scoggins Creek, formerly known as Scoggin Creek, is a southeast-flowing stream in Washington County, Oregon, United States, named for pioneer Gustavus Scoggin.[1][2] Surrounded by lava and basalt flows and layers of sandstone,[3] it flows through the 1,700-foot (520 m) wide Scoggins Creek Valley to Henry Hagg Lake, impounded by Scoggins Dam, which was built in 1975. Just downstream from the lake, the creek empties into the Tualatin River about 20 miles (32 km) west of Portland, at an elevation of 171 feet (52 m).[1][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Scoggins Creek". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1158033. Retrieved December 31, 2010. 
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 855. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  3. ^ a b "Scoggins Dam". Bureau of Reclamation. May 5, 2009. http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Scoggins+Dam&groupName=Overview. Retrieved December 31, 2010. 
  4. ^ White, Greg (June 14, 2003). "Scoggins Creek steelhead trout redd surveys" (PDF). http://www.tualatinbasinwatersupply.org/docs/feasability_study/Redd%20Survey.pdf. Retrieved December 31, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Scoggins Reservoir, Northwest Oregon". Find Lakes. http://findlakes.com/scoggins_reservoir_oregon~or00685.htm. Retrieved December 31, 2010. 
  6. ^ J.T. Hawksworth, Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District (February 2000). "Upper Tualatin-Scoggins Watershed Analysis" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. http://www.trwc.org/tualatin-info/upper/tualatin_scoggins_wa.pdf. Retrieved December 31, 2010.