Deadwood Creek (Oregon)

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Deadwood Creek
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Looking upstream about 3 miles (5 km) from Deadwood
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Location of the mouth of Deadwood Creek in Oregon
EtymologyFor dead timber snags along its banks in the 19th century [1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
County Lane
Physical characteristics
Sourcenear Taylor Butte
  location Central Oregon Coast Range, Siuslaw National Forest
  coordinates 44°15′32″N123°41′30″W / 44.25889°N 123.69167°W / 44.25889; -123.69167 [2]
  elevation1,385 ft (422 m) [3]
Mouth Lake Creek
  location
Deadwood
  coordinates
44°05′40″N123°45′34″W / 44.09444°N 123.75944°W / 44.09444; -123.75944 Coordinates: 44°05′40″N123°45′34″W / 44.09444°N 123.75944°W / 44.09444; -123.75944 [2]
  elevation
243 ft (74 m) [2]

Deadwood Creek is a tributary of Lake Creek in the Siuslaw River basin in Lane County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Beginning near Taylor Butte in the Central Oregon Coast Range, it meanders generally southwest through the Siuslaw National Forest to meet the larger creek at the rural community of Deadwood. This is 5 miles (8 km) from Lake Creek's confluence with the river near Swisshome and 34 miles (55 km) by water from the Siuslaw River's mouth on the Pacific Ocean at Florence. [4]

Contents

Upstream of Deadwood, the creek passes under Deadwood Creek Bridge, a covered bridge carrying Deadwood Loop Road. [5] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [6]

Fishing

The creek supports a population of wild winter steelhead for which catch and release fishing is allowed. However, fishing is not allowed for any species in Deadwood Creek from April 1 to December 31 to protect Chinook salmon while they are spawning. [7]

Tributaries

The creek's named tributaries from source to mouth are Fawn, Elk, Panther, Buck, Rock and Karlstrom creeks. Then come Alpha, Deer, Bear, Raleigh, and Swartz creeks followed by West Fork Deadwood Creek. Below that are Boyle and Green creeks. [4]

See also

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References

  1. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 273. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  2. 1 2 3 "Deadwood Creek". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. 1 2 "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 6, 2016 via Acme Mapper. The map includes mile markers along Lake Creek and the Siuslaw River.
  5. "Deadwood Creek Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  6. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  7. Sheehan, Madelynne Diness (2005). Fishing in Oregon: The Complete Oregon Fishing Guide (10th ed.). Scappoose, Oregon: Flying Pencil Publications. p. 12. ISBN   0-916473-15-5.