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Coast Fork Willamette River in Oregon

River39.4 mi

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Around Coast Fork Willamette River

Dexter Lake8.8 miFall Creek Lake10.5 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Coast Fork Willamette River is a 39.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Coast Fork Willamette R below Cottage Grove Dam, OR (site 14153500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2026

Coast Fork Willamette River typically runs highest in January, at a median 346 cfs, and lowest in July, at 52 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,220 cfs, in 1965.

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Typical flow by month at Coast Fork Willamette R below Cottage Grove Dam, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January346181 to 694
February20984 to 475
March18881 to 472
April10276 to 279
May8270 to 150
June7663 to 91
July5249 to 57
August5449 to 80
September15966 to 261
October22789 to 283
November12559 to 292
December317132 to 668

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Coast Fork Willamette R below Cottage Grove Dam, OR (site 14153500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Coast Fork Willamette River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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