Tanner Creek is a creek located in the

Columbia River Gorge The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to deep, the canyon stretches for over as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the sta ...

Multnomah County Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver– Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thou ...

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

, United States, that is a tributary of the

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...

Description

The creek flows for approximately from Tanner Springs near Tanner Butte, the highest point in the western Gorge, to its mouth just to the west of

Bonneville Dam Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1. The dam is located east of Portland, Oregon, ...

. The watershed is bounded by Munra Ridge to the west and Tanner Ridge to the east. The most notable feature of the creek is

Wahclella Falls Wahclella Falls is a waterfall along Tanner Creek, a tributary of the Columbia River, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It enters the river within the Columbia River Gorge. Description The Columbia River Highway splits around Exit #40 th ...

, a waterfall around from the mouth of the creek. The falls are a popular recreation destination, with the Wahclella Falls Trail #436 running for 2.4 miles along the creek from the

Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

to the falls. Further up the creek canyon, the remote Tanner Creek Trail #431 is a lightly-travelled trail running along the creek from the end of the closed Tanner Creek Road (Forest Road 8400-777). Connections to the road, Tanner Cutoff Trail #448 and the Moffett Creek Trail #430 connect this trail with the remainder of the Gorge's trail network. The Tanner Creek watershed was severely impacted by the

Eagle Creek Fire The Eagle Creek Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge, largely in the U.S. state of Oregon, with smaller spot-fires in Washington. The fire was started on September 2, 2017, by a 15-year-old boy igniting fireworks durin ...

of 2017, with a large portion of the canyon experiencing a severe burn severity. Due to the increased risk of landslides, debris flows, and other hazards, recreation in the area remains closed .

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