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Salt Creek Falls is a cascade and plunge waterfall on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River, that plunges into a gaping canyon in the Willamette National Forest near Willamette Pass in Lane County, Oregon.
Below the falls, the creek enters a narrow canyon shaped by glaciation and basaltic lava flows from higher in the Cascades. [9] [12] McCredie Hot Springs, at the former community of McCredie Springs, are natural hot springs along the lower half of Salt Creek beside Route 58. [13] [14] The Salt Creek watershed is a temperate coniferous forest.
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The Salt Creek Fire in Southern Oregon has grown to 3,300 acres. ... Salt Creek Road and Wasson Canyon Road remained closed at Highway 140, and Double Day Road is closed off of Butte Falls Highway ...
Oregon Route 58 terminates at an interchange with U.S. Route 97. The Salt Creek Tunnel. Oregon Route 58 is of high importance as a freight corridor. It is the primary route between the Willamette Valley and south-central Oregon, including the Klamath Falls region. It also is the preferred route to points further southeast, including Reno, Nevada
Salt Creek, a tributary of the South Yamhill River, was named by early settlers for the salt licks found on its banks. [2] The Salt Creek post office, named after the creek, was established in 1852 and closed in 1903. [2] James B. Riggs, who arrived in Oregon via the Oregon Trail and the Meek Cutoff in 1845, was the first postmaster.
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