The Row River is a river, approximately long, in
Lane County, Oregon
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,
United States
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. It rises in the
Cascade Range and flows into the
Coast Fork Willamette River
The Coast Fork Willamette River is one of two forks that unite to form the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States. It is about long, draining an area of the mountains at the south end of the Willamette Valley south of Eugene.
Co ...
near
Cottage Grove. The stream was originally known as the "East Fork Coast Fork", but was later renamed after a dispute (
row
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) between neighbors and brothers-in-law George Clark and Joseph Southwell over "trespassing" livestock.
Clark was killed as a result of the row.
[ The name rhymes with "cow" rather than with "slow".][ A post office named Row River operated from 1911 to 1914 a little north of the present site of Dorena at .]
Course
The Row River, about long, drains a portion of the Umpqua National Forest
Umpqua National Forest, in southern Oregon's Cascade Range, covers an area of in Douglas, Lane, and Jackson counties, and borders Crater Lake National Park. The four ranger districts for the forest are the Cottage Grove, Diamond Lake, North Um ...
on the west face of the central Oregon Cascades between Cottage Grove and Oakridge. Its headwaters are near the unincorporated community of Disston, where Layng Creek and Brice Creek join at . The river flows predominately westward.[ The maps include ]river mile
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(RM) markers from the mouth to RM 20 or river kilometer (RK) 32, at Disston.right bank
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, and about later, the Row receives Hunt Creek from the right and passes over Wildwood Falls at .left bank
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. Turning northwards, the river receives Hawley Creek from the left just above river mile
A river mile is a measure of distance in miles along a river from its mouth. River mile numbers begin at zero and increase further upstream. The corresponding metric unit using kilometers is the river kilometer. They are analogous to vehicle roa ...
(RM) 15 or river kilometer (RK 24) and shortly thereafter flows through Dorena. At RM 14 (RK 23), Cedar Creek enters from the right. Soon the river turns sharply west, passes a United States Geological Survey
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(USGS) stream gauge at RM 13.2 (RK 21.2), and turns to the northwest. Over the next stretch, it receives Pitcher Creek, King Creek, and Anderson Creek, all from the left, before entering Dorena Lake
Dorena Reservoir (also Dorena Lake) is a reservoir on the Row River in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located east of Cottage Grove.
The Dorena Dam in front of the reservoir was completed in 1949 as one of the 13 dams of the United S ...
at RM 11 (RK 18).Dorena Dam
Dorena Reservoir (also Dorena Lake) is a reservoir on the Row River in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located east of Cottage Grove.
The Dorena Dam in front of the reservoir was completed in 1949 as one of the 13 dams of the United S ...
and spillway at about RM 7.5 (RK 12.1). The river passes a second USGS stream gauge from the mouth, and soon Hann's Creek enters from the right. In its final , the river receives Mosby Creek from the left, turns northwest, flows by Cottage Grove State Airport, and passes under Interstate 5
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before entering the Coast Fork Willamette River just below the larger stream's RM 21 (RK 34).
Discharge
The USGS monitors the flow of the Row River at two gauges, one near Dorena, from the mouth and the other above Cottage Grove, from the mouth. The average flow of the creek at the Dorena gauge is . This is from a drainage area of . The maximum flow recorded there was on December 22, 1964, and the minimum flow was on September 4–6, 2003.
See also
* List of rivers of Oregon
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References
External links
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council
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Rivers of Oregon
Rivers of Lane County, Oregon