The Little Pudding River is a tributary of the

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in Marion County in the

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. It begins in the

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near Macleay, east of Salem, and flows generally north to meet the larger river west of Mt. Angel. The confluence is about from the Pudding River's mouth on the

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. The map includes mile markers along the Pudding River.

Course

The river flows northwest from near Macleay under State Street, Conifer Street Northeast, and Sunnyview Road before turning north, then northwest again and flowing under

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. Shortly thereafter, it receives West Fork from the

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. Downstream of this, as it flows by Hazel Green,

Howell Prairie Howell Prairie is an area west of Silverton, Oregon, United States, between the Little Pudding River and the Pudding River. It was named for John Howell, a pioneer of 1843. Howell Prairie post office was established in 1876 and closed in 1881. In 1 ...

is on its right, and Lake Labish is on its left. Turning northeast, the river receives Woods Creek from the right as well as Lake Labish Ditch and Carnes Creek from the left before passing under Howell Creek Road near Parkerville Dam and entering the Pudding River.

Floods

Lake Labish Ditch was created in the late 19th century to drain historic Lake Labish in order to use the lakebed for farming. Before 1950, floods on the Pudding River sometimes flowed backwards up the Little Pudding River and into the valley around the ditch. In the 1950s, the

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built Parkerville Dam and pump station on the lower Little Pudding to prevent backflow flooding. Even so, water accumulating behind the dam flooded 15 homes in Keizer in 1996.

References

External links

Pudding River Watershed Council
Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Marion County, Oregon {{Oregon-river-stub

Course

Floods

See also

References

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