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Shortly thereafter, the South Yamhill River passes under Oregon Route 99W and continues northeast toward McMinnville Municipal Airport. In a series of wide meanders starting at about RM 10 (RK 16), the river turns away from the airport and flows under Route 18 for the sixth and last time at RM 5.6 (RK 9.0), the site of a stream gauge maintained ...
From Yamhill to the mouth, the North Yamhill River flows generally south and roughly parallel to Oregon Route 47, which lies to its left. Soon the river reaches Alecs Butte, a 384-foot (117 m) summit at 45°19′13″N 123°11′04″W / 45.32028°N 123.18444°W / 45.32028; -123.18444 ( Alecs Butte ) , [ 8 ] on the left at about ...
The Yamhill River is an 11-mile (18 km) tributary of the Willamette River, in the U.S. state of Oregon.Formed by the confluence of the South Yamhill River and the North Yamhill River about 3 miles (5 km) east of McMinnville, it drains part of the Northern Oregon Coast Range.
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Starting even before Oregon became a state, there were five local efforts to build a lock or locks on the Yamhill river. [4] In 1858, the Oregon Argus urged Yamhill County to construct a lock at the mouth of the Yamhill River to allow year-round navigation on the river. [ 14 ]
It is the primary raw water source for McMinnville Water and Light, which supplies drinking water to the city of McMinnville. [ 2 ] Before a 21st-century project expanded the reservoir, [ 3 ] it had a surface area of about 136 acres (55 ha) and a shoreline of about 4.8 miles (7.7 km). [ 4 ]
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