South Fork Coquille River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
Region | Coos County |
Cities | Powers, Broadbent, Myrtle Point |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Southern Oregon Coast Range |
• location | Unnamed ridge, north of Mount Bolivar |
• coordinates | 42°50′24″N 123°52′30″W / 42.84000°N 123.87500°W[1] |
• elevation | 3,501 ft (1,067 m)[2] |
Mouth | Coquille River |
• location | Myrtle Point |
• coordinates | 43°04′49″N 124°08′29″W / 43.08028°N 124.14139°W[1] |
• elevation | 13 ft (4.0 m)[1] |
Length | 62.8 mi (101.1 km) |
Basin size | 288 sq mi (750 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Powers[4] |
• average | 778 cu ft/s (22.0 m3/s)[5] |
• minimum | 7.2 cu ft/s (0.20 m3/s) |
• maximum | 48,900 cu ft/s (1,380 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Johnson Creek, Salmon Creek, Dement Creek, Catching Creek |
• right | Wooden Rock Creek, Coal Creek, Woodward Creek, Middle Fork Coquille River |
The South Fork Coquille River is the longest tributary of the Coquille River in coastal Oregon in the United States.[3] From its headwaters in the Southern Oregon Coast Range, the river flows northwest to join the North Fork Coquille River at Myrtle Point, forming the main stem Coquille.[6] The South Fork is about 63 miles (101 km) long, and its watershed drains roughly 288 square miles (750 km2) of rural Coos County.[3]