Evans Creek is a tributary, about long, of the Rogue River in the

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and flows generally south to The Meadows then southwest to Wimer then south to the city of Rogue River, all in Jackson County. The creek enters the river about from the Rogue's mouth on the Pacific Ocean. The map includes mile markers along the Rogue River and mile markers along Evans Creek for the lower . The additional for the creek is an estimate based on map scale and ruler.

Wimer Bridge The Wimer Bridge is a covered bridge over Evans Creek in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The version that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1927. This structure, long, carried East Evans Creek Co ...

, a one-lane

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crosses the creek at Wimer. Named tributaries from source to mouth are Railroad Gap, Wolf, Coal, Chapman, Canon, and Morrison creeks. Further downstream come Spignet, West Fork Evans, May, Sykes, and Pleasant creeks. Last are Bear Branch and Fielder Creek. Pleasant Creek was named after Pleasant M. Armstrong, a pioneer who was killed near its course. Formerly listed among the 10 worst dams in the state for migratory fish passage, two abandoned dams on Evans Creek were demolished in 2015. The removal of the Wimer and Fielder dams opened about of stream channels in the watershed to

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and

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. Wimer Dam was about from the mouth of Evans Creek, and Fielder Dam was further downstream.

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