Applegate River

Applegate River
Applegate Lake on the Applegate River
Location of the mouth of the Applegate River in Oregon
Etymology	Named after Lindsay Applegate, part of a group that prospected along the river in 1848[2]
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon, California
County	Siskiyou in California, Jackson and Josephine in Oregon
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Butte Fork Applegate River and Middle Fork Applegate River
• location	Siskiyou Mountains, Siskiyou County, California
• coordinates	41°58′23″N 123°11′08″W / 41.97306°N 123.18556°W / 41.97306; -123.18556[1]
• elevation	2,534 ft (772 m)[3]
Mouth	Rogue River
• location	about 6 miles (10 km) west of Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
• coordinates	42°25′44″N 123°26′59″W / 42.42889°N 123.44972°W / 42.42889; -123.44972[1]
• elevation	850 ft (260 m)[1]
Length	51 mi (82 km)[4]
Basin size	698 sq mi (1,810 km2)[5]
Discharge
• location	near Wilderville, 7.6 miles (12.2 km) from the mouth
• average	720 cu ft/s (20 m3/s)
• minimum	0.78 cu ft/s (0.022 m3/s)
• maximum	47,500 cu ft/s (1,350 m3/s)

The Applegate River is a 51-mile (82 km)-long tributary of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately 698 square miles (1,810 km²). Rising in northern California, it soon crosses the border and flows northeast then northwest to meet the Rogue about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Grants Pass. It drains forested foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains along the Oregon–California border.