Salmonberry River

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Coordinates: 45°45′03″N 123°39′12″W / 45.75083°N 123.65333°W / 45.75083; -123.65333
Salmonberry River
The Salmonberry River and the damaged Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad in February 2008
Name origin: Salmonberry plant, Rubus spectabilis
Country United States
State Oregon
County Tillamook
Source
 - location Tillamook State Forest, Northern Oregon Coast Range
 - elevation 2,090 ft (637 m) [1]
 - coordinates 45°44′44″N 123°23′34″W / 45.74556°N 123.39278°W / 45.74556; -123.39278 [2]
Mouth Nehalem River
 - elevation 272 ft (83 m) [2]
 - coordinates 45°45′03″N 123°39′12″W / 45.75083°N 123.65333°W / 45.75083; -123.65333 [2]
Basin 66 sq mi (171 km2) [3]
Location of the mouth of Salmonberry River in Oregon

The Salmonberry River is a tributary of the Nehalem River, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a remote unpopulated area of the Northern Oregon Coast Range in the Tillamook State Forest approximately 65 mi (100 km) west-northwest of Portland. The area around the river was the site of the famous series of wildfires known as the Tillamook Burn.

It rises in northeastern Tillamook County, near the headwaters of the Nehalem, and flows west-northwest through the mountains, joining the Nehalem from the east in north central Tillamook County approximately 15 mi (24 km) northwest of the town of Nehalem.

The river's name comes from the salmonberry plant, Rubus spectabilis.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Salmonberry River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved April 28,2012. 
  3. ↑ "Proposing Solutions to the Landslide-Prone Railroad on the Salmonberry River". The Wild Salmon Center. 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2012. 
  4. ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (1992) [1928]. Lewis Ankeny, ed. Oregon Geographic Names (6th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 738. ISBN 0-87595-236-4. 

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