Luckiamute River

Luckiamute River
Name origin: Native American but of unknown meaning[1]
Country United States
State Oregon
County Polk and Benton
Source Central Oregon Coast Range
 - location near Bald Mountain, Polk County
 - elevation 2,684 ft (818 m) [2]
 - coordinates 44°47′28″N 123°32′45″W / 44.79111°N 123.54583°W [3]
Mouth Willamette River
 - location near Buena Vista, Polk County
 - elevation 157 ft (48 m) [3]
 - coordinates 44°45′15″N 123°08′54″W / 44.75417°N 123.14833°WCoordinates: 44°45′15″N 123°08′54″W / 44.75417°N 123.14833°W [3]
Length 62 mi (100 km) [4]
Basin 315 sq mi (816 km2) [5]
Discharge for Helmick State Recreation Site, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) from the mouth
 - average 872 cu ft/s (25 m3/s) [6]
 - max 32,900 cu ft/s (932 m3/s)
 - min 0.65 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
Location of the mouth of the Luckiamute River in Oregon

The Luckiamute River is a tributary of the Willamette River, about 62 miles (100 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States.[4] It drains an area of Central Oregon Coast Range and the western Willamette Valley northwest of Corvallis.[7]

It rises in the remote mountains of southwestern Polk County, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Pedee. It flows southeast to Hoskins in Benton County, then northeast into Polk County, past Pedee, then east across southern Polk County. It is joined from northwest by the Little Luckiamute River. It joins the Willamette from the west about 10 miles (16 km) north of Albany. The mouth of the river is located about 1⁄4 mile (400 m) downstream from the mouth of the Santiam River, which enters the Willamette from the east.[7]

Among the tributary creeks are Waymire, Vincent, Plunkett, Woods, Maxfield, and Soap.[7] The Luckiamute Watershed Council includes Ash Creek in its watershed study area, although it drains directly into the Willamette River.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names, 7th ed. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 597–98. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  2. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Luckiamute River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 United States Geological Survey. "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map". TopoQuest. Retrieved October 20, 2011. The map quadrants include river-mile (RM) markers to RM 59 (river kilometer 95). The remaining distance is an estimate based on map scale and ruler.
  5. ↑ Garono, Ralph J.; Anderson, Becci Dale; Harma, Kirsten; Buhl, Christine (June 2004). "Luckiamute / Ash Creek / American Bottom Watershed Assessment" (PDF). Luckiamute Watershed Council. p. 9. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Water-Data Report 2010: 14190500 Luckiamute River near Suver, OR" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-89933-235-8.
  8. ↑ "About Luckiamute Watershed Council (LWC)". Luckiamute Watershed Council. Retrieved October 24, 2011.