| North Fork Siuslaw River | |
| Name Etymology: | From a Yakonan name for a locality, tribe or chief[1] |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the North Fork Siuslaw River in Oregon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type4: | County |
| Subdivision Name4: | Lane |
| Length: | 27miles |
| Source1: | Confluence of Sam Creek and West Branch Sam Creek |
| Source1 Location: | Pawn, a former community and post office, Siuslaw National Forest |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 44.1539°N -123.9503°W[2] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 419feet[3] |
| Mouth: | Siuslaw River |
| Mouth Location: | near Florence, Oregon |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 43.9764°N -124.0808°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
| Basin Size: | 64sqmi[4] |
The North Fork Siuslaw River is a tributary of the Siuslaw River in Lane County in the United States state of Oregon. It is formed by the confluence of Sam Creek and West Branch in the Siuslaw National Forest of the Central Oregon Coast Range. The former community of Pawn was once at the juncture of the two creeks. From here, the river flows about 2miles southeast, then about 25miles southwest to meet the main stem 1.2miles east of Florence.[2] [5]
The United States Forest Service maintains the North Fork Siuslaw Campground along the river north of Minerva. Generally open from May 1 to December 1, it has seven dispersed campsites and a vault toilet but no drinking water.[6]
The river, which supports populations of Chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, and steelhead, is open to fishing from boats downstream of Minerva and from the bank further upstream. Wild steelhead fishing is limited to catch and release.[7] Bender Landing County Park, off North Fork Road near Florence, has a boat ramp, picnic tables, toilets, and access to fishing.[8]
Sam Creek and West Branch form the river. Downstream of this from source to mouth, tributaries enter as follows: Cedar, Taylor, and Deadman creeks, all from the left; Porter, Wilhelm, and Drew creeks, right; Cataract, McLeod, and South Johns creeks, left; Stout Canyon, right, and Stout Creek, left.[5]
Then Shumard Creek, left; Russell Creek, right; South Russell Creek, left; Jim Dick, Condon, and Culver creeks, right; Bellstrom Canyon, left, and Morris, Haring, Slover, and Lindsley creeks, right.[5]