Fall Creek (Middle Fork Willamette River tributary)

Fall Creek is a 34-mile (55 km) tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River in Lane County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Beginning in the Cascade Range, the creek flows generally west through the Willamette National Forest to enter the Middle Fork upstream of Jasper, southeast of Springfield and Eugene.

Fall Creek
Fall Creek in the Cascade Range foothills
Location of the mouth of Fall Creek in Oregon
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Physical characteristics
SourceCascade Range
  locationnear Sardine Butte, Willamette National Forest
  coordinates43°59′22″N 122°19′21″W
  elevation3,782 ft (1,153 m)
MouthMiddle Fork Willamette River
  location
near Jasper
  coordinates
43°58′14″N 122°52′10″W
  elevation
561 ft (171 m)
Length34 mi (55 km)

Along its upper and middle reaches, the creek flows by many campgrounds, picnic sites, a state park, and the Fall Creek National National Recreation Trail. Fall Creek Reservoir is a man-made reservoir where the stream is impounded by Fall Creek Dam. Below the dam, the small communities of Unity and Fall Creek lie along the lower reaches. Two covered bridges carry rural roads over the creek, one at Unity and the other further downstream.

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