Row River

Row River
Dorena Bridge over the Row River
Row River is located in Oregon
Row River
Location of the mouth of the Row River in Oregon
EtymologyA dispute or row between two brothers-in-law who lived near the stream[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Physical characteristics
SourceCascade Range
 • locationConfluence of Brice Creek and Layng Creek, Lane County, Oregon
 • coordinates43°42′13″N 122°46′13″W / 43.70361°N 122.77028°W / 43.70361; -122.77028[1]
 • elevation1,121 ft (342 m)[3]
MouthCoast Fork Willamette River
 • location
near Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon, United States
 • coordinates
43°49′14″N 123°02′36″W / 43.82056°N 123.04333°W / 43.82056; -123.04333[1]
 • elevation
617 ft (188 m)[1]
Length20 mi (32 km)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Cottage Grove, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) from mouth[5]
 • average728 cu ft/s (20.6 m3/s)[5]
 • minimum0.20 cu ft/s (0.0057 m3/s)
 • maximum21,400 cu ft/s (610 m3/s)

The Row River is a river, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It rises in the Cascade Range and flows into the Coast Fork Willamette River 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.[2][6] Clark was killed as a result of the row.[2] The name rhymes with "cow" rather than with "slow".[2] A post office named Row River operated from 1911 to 1914 a little north of the present site of Dorena at 43°44′24″N 122°52′49″W / 43.740123°N 122.880347°W / 43.740123; -122.880347.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Row River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1980-11-28. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 828. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. ^ "Online Topographic Maps from the United States Geological Survey: Culp Creek Quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  5. ^ a b "Water-data report 2007: 14155500 Row River near Cottage Grove, OR" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  6. ^ "Indians, Surveyors, Incidents Gave Names to Streams, Lakes and Mountains". Eugene Register-Guard. 4 January 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2015.