Salmonberry River
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Salmonberry River |
| name_etymology | Salmonberry plant, Rubus spectabilis |
| image | Salmonberry River and POTB line.jpg |
| image_caption | The Salmonberry River and the damaged Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad in February 2008 |
| image_size | 300 |
| map_size | 300 |
| pushpin_map | USA Oregon |
| pushpin_map_size | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the mouth of Salmonberry River in Oregon |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | United States |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Oregon |
| subdivision_type4 | County |
| subdivision_name4 | Tillamook |
| length | 20 mi |
| discharge1_avg | 350 cuft/s |
| source1_location | Tillamook State Forest, Northern Oregon Coast Range |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 2090 ft |
| mouth | Nehalem River |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 236 ft |
| basin_size | 66 sqmi |
| :: |
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The Salmonberry River is a tributary of the Nehalem River, about 20 mi long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a remote unpopulated area of the Northern Oregon Coast Range in the Tillamook State Forest about 65 mi west-northwest of Portland. The river runs through part of the region devastated between 1933 and 1951 by a series of wildfires known as the Tillamook Burn.
It rises in northeastern Tillamook County, near its border with Washington County, and flows west-northwest through the mountains, joining the Nehalem from the southeast about 15 mi northeast of the city of Nehalem.
The river's name comes from the salmonberry plant, Rubus spectabilis.
Railroad
An excursion railway and dinner train, the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OCSR), travels up the Nehalem River canyon from Wheeler to the mouth of the Salmonberry. The train to the Salmonberry is part of an excursion-train network operated by the OCSR, a non-profit organization run by volunteers, on track formerly used by the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad. The railway track continues up the Salmonberry for 14 mi, but flooding and erosion damaged it so severely that it was closed in 2007.
The Wild Salmon Center and other conservation groups concerned about salmon and steelhead runs on the Nehalem and the Salmonberry prefer that the track along the Salmonberry remain closed. Of particular concern are landslides and herbicide spraying along the railway tracks in the river's riparian zones. Both kinds of incursion can harm fish and incubating fish eggs.
References
References
- Palmer, Tim. (2014). "Field Guide to Oregon Rivers". Oregon State University Press.
- (November 28, 1980). "Salmonberry River". United States Geological Survey.
- Source elevation derived from [[Google Earth]] search using GNIS source coordinates.
- (2008). "Proposing Solutions to the Landslide-Prone Railroad on the Salmonberry River". The Wild Salmon Center.
- Decker, Doug. "Tillamook Burn". Portland State University and the Oregon Historical Society.
- (2012). "Oregon Road and Recreation Atlas". Benchmark Maps.
- (1992). "[[Oregon Geographic Names]]". [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press.
- (May 5, 2014). "Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad". Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad.
- (May 9, 2014). "About Us". Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad.
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