# Row River

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{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Row River
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| name_etymology     = A dispute or ''row'' between two brothers-in-law who lived near the stream<ref name = OGN/>
<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
| image              = Row River bridge.jpg
| image_caption      = [Dorena Bridge](/source/Dorena_Bridge) over the Row River
| image_size         = 300
| map                = 
| map_size           = 300
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| pushpin_map        = USA Oregon
| pushpin_map_size   = 300
| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Row River in Oregon
<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [United States](/source/United_States)
| subdivision_type2  = State
| subdivision_name2  = [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
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| subdivision_type4  = County
| subdivision_name4  = [Lane](/source/Lane_County%2C_Oregon)
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<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
| length             = {{convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="topoquest">{{cite web | title = Online Topographic Maps from the United States Geological Survey: Culp Creek Quad | publisher = TopoQuest | url = http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=43.703611&lon=-122.782987329&datum=nad83&zoom=4&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m| accessdate = 2008-11-14 }}</ref> 
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| discharge1_location= near Cottage Grove, {{convert|5.5|mi|km}} from mouth<ref name="dam gauge">{{cite web| publisher = United States Geological Survey | url = https://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2007/pdfs/14155500.2007.pdf| title = Water-data report 2007: 14155500 Row River near Cottage Grove, OR|accessdate = 2008-11-14}}</ref>
| discharge1_min     = {{convert|0.20|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|728|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="dam gauge">{{cite web| publisher = United States Geological Survey | url = https://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2007/pdfs/14155500.2007.pdf| title = Water-data report 2007: 14155500 Row River near Cottage Grove, OR|accessdate = 2008-11-14}}</ref>
| discharge1_max     = {{convert|21400|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}
<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            = [Cascade Range](/source/Cascade_Range)
| source1_location   = Confluence of Brice Creek and Layng Creek, [Lane County](/source/Lane_County%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|43|42|13|N|122|46|13|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis"/>
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|1121|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="source">Source elevation derived from [Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth) search using GNIS source coordinates.</ref>
| mouth              = [Coast Fork Willamette River](/source/Coast_Fork_Willamette_River)
| mouth_location     = near [Cottage Grove](/source/Cottage_Grove%2C_Oregon), [Lane County](/source/Lane_County%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States)
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|43|49|14|N|123|02|36|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1148810|name=Row River|entrydate=1980-11-28|accessdate=2008-11-14}}</ref>
| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|617|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="gnis"/>
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The '''Row River''' is a river, approximately {{convert|20|mi|km}} long, in [Lane County, Oregon](/source/Lane_County%2C_Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States).  It rises in the [Cascade Range](/source/Cascade_Range) and flows into the [Coast Fork Willamette River](/source/Coast_Fork_Willamette_River) near [Cottage Grove](/source/Cottage_Grove%2C_Oregon). The stream was originally known as the "East Fork Coast Fork", but was later renamed after a dispute ([row](/source/wiktionary%3Arow)) between neighbors and brothers-in-law George Clark and Joseph Southwell over "trespassing" livestock.<ref name=OGN>{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. 
| author-link = Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur | title = [Oregon Geographic Names](/source/Oregon_Geographic_Names) | orig-year = 1928 | edition = 7th | year = 2003 | publisher = [Oregon Historical Society](/source/Oregon_Historical_Society) Press | location = [Portland](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon) | isbn = 0-87595-277-1 | page = 828}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19420104&id=v81YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=negDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6678,4684615&hl=en | title=Indians, Surveyors, Incidents Gave Names to Streams, Lakes and Mountains | work=[Eugene Register-Guard](/source/Eugene_Register-Guard) | date=4 January 1942 | accessdate=23 April 2015 | pages=5}}</ref> Clark was killed as a result of the row.<ref name=OGN/> The name rhymes with "cow" rather than with "slow".<ref name=OGN/> A post office named Row River operated from 1911 to 1914 a little north of the present site of [Dorena](/source/Dorena%2C_Oregon) at {{coord|43.740123|-122.880347}}.<ref name="OGN"/>

==Course==
The Row River, about {{convert|20|mi|km}} long, drains a portion of the [Umpqua National Forest](/source/Umpqua_National_Forest) on the west face of the central Oregon Cascades between Cottage Grove and [Oakridge](/source/Oakridge%2C_Oregon).  Its headwaters are near the unincorporated community of [Disston](/source/Disston%2C_Oregon), where Layng Creek and Brice Creek join at {{coord|43.70331|-122.77093|name=Row River source}}. The river flows predominately westward.<ref name="topoquest multiple quads">{{cite web | author = United States Geological Survey |title = United States Geological Survey Topographic Map: Culp Creek, Blue Mountain, Dorena Lake, and Cottage Grove, Oregon, quadrangles | publisher = TopoQuest | url =http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=43.703611&lon=-122.770278&datum=nad83&zoom=4 |accessdate = 2009-03-15}} The maps include [river mile](/source/river_mile) (RM) markers from the mouth to RM&nbsp;20 or river kilometer (RK)&nbsp;32, at Disston.</ref><ref name="topomap">{{cite map |publisher = DeLorme Mapping |title = Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition = 1991 |section = 41&ndash;42|isbn = 0-89933-235-8}}</ref>

About {{convert|1|mi|km}} below Disston, Gleason Creek enters from the right bank, and about {{convert|1|mi|km}} later, the Row receives Hunt Creek from the right and passes over {{convert|15|ft|m|adj=on}} Wildwood Falls at {{coord|43.699845|-122.818954|type:waterbody_source:gnis-1135735_region:US-OR|name=Wildwood Falls}}.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Wildwood Falls | publisher = Northwest Waterfall Survey  | year = 2008  | url = http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/waterfall.php?st=OR&num=1817  | accessdate = 2008-11-14 }}</ref> A quarter-mile (500 m) later it passes through Lasells D. Stewart Park, and {{convert|1|mi|km}} later through the community of [Culp Creek](/source/Culp_Creek%2C_Oregon), where it receives [Sharps Creek](/source/Sharps_Creek_(Oregon)) and then Culp Creek, both from the left bank. Turning northwards, the river receives Hawley Creek from the left just above [river mile](/source/river_mile) (RM)&nbsp;15 or river kilometer (RK&nbsp;24) and shortly thereafter flows through Dorena. At RM&nbsp;14 (RK&nbsp;23), Cedar Creek enters from the right. Soon the river turns sharply west, passes a [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) (USGS) [stream gauge](/source/stream_gauge) at RM&nbsp;13.2 (RK&nbsp;21.2), and turns to the northwest. Over the next stretch, it receives Pitcher Creek, King Creek, and Anderson Creek, all from the left, before entering [Dorena Lake](/source/Dorena_Lake) at RM&nbsp;11 (RK&nbsp;18).<ref name="topoquest multiple quads"/><ref name ="topomap"/>

While part of the lake, the Row River receives Vaughn Creek from the left, Smith Creek from the right, Bluff Creek from the left, Rat Creek from the right, and Baker Creek from the left before reaching [Dorena Dam](/source/Dorena_Dam) and spillway at about RM&nbsp;7.5 (RK&nbsp;12.1). The river passes a second USGS stream gauge {{convert|5.5|mi|km|1}} from the mouth, and soon Hann's Creek enters from the right. In its final {{convert|5|mi|km|0}}, the river receives [Mosby Creek](/source/Mosby_Creek_(Oregon)) from the left, turns northwest, flows by [Cottage Grove State Airport](/source/Cottage_Grove_State_Airport), and passes under [Interstate 5](/source/Interstate_5) before entering the Coast Fork Willamette River just below the larger stream's RM&nbsp;21 (RK&nbsp;34).<ref name="topoquest multiple quads"/><ref name ="topomap"/>

===Discharge===
The USGS monitors the flow of the Row River at two gauges, one near Dorena, {{convert|13.2|mi|km}} from the mouth and the other above Cottage Grove, {{convert|5.5|mi|km}} from the mouth. The average flow of the creek at the Dorena gauge is {{convert|589|cuft/s|m3/s}}. This is from a drainage area of {{convert|211|sqmi|km2|1}}. The maximum flow recorded there was {{convert|33100|cuft/s|m3/s}} on December 22, 1964, and the minimum flow was {{convert|9.7|cuft/s|m3/s|2}} on September 4&ndash;6, 2003.<ref name="Dorena gauge">{{cite web| publisher = United States Geological Survey | url =https://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2007/pdfs/14154500.2007.pdf | title = 14154500 Row River above Pitcher Creek, near Dorena, OR |accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref> At the Cottage Grove gauge, the average flow is {{convert|728|cuft/s|m3/s|2}}. This is from a drainage area of {{convert|270|sqmi|km2}}. The maximum flow recorded there was {{convert|21400|cuft/s|m3/s|0}} on December 28, 1945, and the minimum flow was {{convert|0.20|cuft/s|m3/s|4}} from September 25 to October 7, 1958.<ref name="Cottage Grove gauge">{{cite web| publisher = United States Geological Survey | url = https://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2007/pdfs/14155500.2007.pdf | title = 14155500 Row River near Cottage Grove, OR |accessdate = 2009-03-15}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of rivers of Oregon](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Oregon)

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.coastfork.org/ Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council]
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Category:Rivers of Oregon
Category:Rivers of Lane County, Oregon

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