Alsea Falls Explained

Alsea Falls
Location:South Fork Alsea River
Type:Staircase
Elevation:781feet
Height:30feet
Average Flow:25cuft/s
Coords:44.3264°N -123.4918°W

Alsea Falls is a waterfall located in the Central Oregon Coast Range, 13 miles west of Monroe, in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is 30 feet fall and is part of the Alsea Falls trailhead and Recreation Site.[1]

Location

Alsea Falls is located along a Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byway surrounded by Oldgrowth Douglas fir and western redcedar forests.[2] The waters of the Alsea Falls are located downstream of the South Fork Alsea River.

History

The name of the waterfall and the river the forms it may have stemmed from Alsi, said to be a corruption of Alsea for native people who lived near the mouth of the river[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alsea Falls Recreation Site. Salem District Office-Bureau of Land Management. 30 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302083424/https://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Alsea_Falls_Rec_Site.pdf. 2017-03-02. dead.
  2. Web site: Coquille River Falls. Northwest Waterfall Survey. 30 April 2017.
  3. Book: McArthur, Lewis A. . McArthur, Lewis L. . Oregon Geographic Names. 7th . Oregon Historical Society Press . 2003 . 1928. Portland, Oregon . 19–20. 0-87595-277-1.