Luckiamute River

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Luckiamute River
Name origin: Native American but of unknown meaning[1]
Country United States
State Oregon
County Polk and Benton
Source Central Oregon Coast Range
 - location near Bald Mountain, Polk County
 - elevation 2,684 ft (818 m) [2]
 - coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3]
Mouth Willamette River
 - location near Buena Vista, Polk County
 - elevation 157 ft (48 m) [3]
 - coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3]
Length 62 mi (100 km) [4]
Basin 315 sq mi (816 km2) [5]
Discharge for Helmick State Recreation Site, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) from the mouth
 - average 872 cu ft/s (25 m3/s) [6]
 - max 32,900 cu ft/s (932 m3/s)
 - min 0.65 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
Location of the mouth of the Luckiamute River in Oregon

The Luckiamute River is a tributary of the Willamette River, about 62 miles (100 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States.[4] It drains an area of Central Oregon Coast Range and the western Willamette Valley northwest of Corvallis.[7]

It rises in the remote mountains of southwestern Polk County, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Pedee. It flows southeast to Hoskins in Benton County, then northeast into Polk County, past Pedee, then east across southern Polk County. It is joined from northwest by the Little Luckiamute River. It joins the Willamette from the west about 10 miles (16 km) north of Albany. The mouth of the river is located about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). downstream from the mouth of the Santiam River, which enters the Willamette from the east.[7]

Among the tributary creeks are Waymire, Vincent, Plunkett, Woods, Maxfield, and Soap.[7] The Luckiamute Watershed Council includes Ash Creek in its watershed study area, although it drains directly into the Willamette River.[8]

See also

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