The Row River is a river, approximately long, in

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. It rises in the

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and flows into the

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near Cottage Grove. The stream was originally known as the "East Fork Coast Fork", but was later renamed after a dispute ( row) 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

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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

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(RM) markers from the mouth to RM 20 or river kilometer (RK) 32, at Disston. About below Disston, Gleason Creek enters from the

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, and about later, the Row receives Hunt Creek from the right and passes over Wildwood Falls at . A quarter-mile (500 m) later it passes through Lasells D. Stewart Park, and later through the community of Culp Creek, where it receives Sharps Creek and then Culp Creek, both from the

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. Turning northwards, the river receives Hawley Creek from the left just above

(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

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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 at RM 11 (RK 18). While part of the lake, the Row River receives Vaughn Creek from the left, Smith Creek from the right, Bluff Creek from the left, Rat Creek from the right, and Baker Creek from the left before reaching Dorena Dam 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

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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. At the Cottage Grove gauge, the average flow is . This is from a drainage area of . The maximum flow recorded there was on December 28, 1945, and the minimum flow was from September 25 to October 7, 1958.

References

External links

Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council
{{Authority control Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Lane County, Oregon

Course

Discharge

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