Scoggins Creek
Scoggins Creek, formerly known as "Scoggin Creek", is a 19-mile (31 km) tributary of the Tualatin River in Tillamook and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It is named for pioneer settler Gustavus Scoggin.[2]
Surrounded by lava and basalt flows and layers of sandstone,[3] it flows generally southeast from near South Saddle Mountain in the Northern Oregon Coast Range and through a 1,700-foot (520 m)-wide valley to Henry Hagg Lake, an impoundment of Scoggins Dam. Just downstream from the lake, the creek empties into the Tualatin River about 20 miles (32 km) west of Portland, at an elevation of 171 feet (52 m).[3][4][5] The creek enters the Tualatin River 60 miles (97 km) upstream of the Tualatin's confluence with the Willamette River.[1]
The five named tributaries of Scoggins Creek from source to mouth are Fisher, Parsons, Wall, Tanner, and Sain creeks. Wall, Tanner, and Sain enter at Hagg Lake.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Hawksworthwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
OGNwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Scoggins Dam". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. May 5, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ White, Greg (June 14, 2003). "Scoggins Creek steelhead trout redd surveys" (PDF). Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ "Scoggins Reservoir, Northwest Oregon". Find Lakes. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 25, 2016 – via Acme Mapper.
External links
Media related to Scoggins Dam at Wikimedia Commons- The Tualatin Riverkeepers
- The Tualatin River Watershed Council
 | This Tillamook County, Oregon state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This Washington County, Oregon state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |