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The USGS monitors the flow of the Siletz River at a station east of Siletz and 42.6 miles (68.6 km) from the mouth. The average flow of the river at this station is 1,500 cubic feet per second (42 m 3 /s). This is from a drainage area of 202 square miles (523.2 km 2), or about 54 percent of
The Siletz River Volcanics, located in the Oregon Coast Range, United States, are a sequence of basaltic pillow lavas that make up part of Siletzia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The basaltic pillow lavas originally came from submarine volcanoes that existed during the Eocene .
The Siletz (pronounced SIGH-lets) were the southernmost of several divisions of the Tillamook people speaking a distinct dialect; the other dialect-divisions were: Salmon River on the Salmon River, Nestucca on Little Nestucca River, Nestucca River and Nestucca Bay, Tillamook Bay on the Tillamook Bay and the mouths of the Kilchis, Wilson, Trask and Tillamook rivers, and Nehalem on Nehalem River.
The Siletz Agency Site, also known as Government Hill, is a historic site and park located in Siletz, Oregon, United States. Beginning in 1855, U.S. Army forcibly relocated over 2,600 people of several different tribes to the Siletz Reservation. The U.S. government established an Indian agency at Siletz in 1857. Within 30 years, hardship had ...
From there, it continues north, generally following the course of the river downstream (and crossing it several times), eventually turning west and heading towards the Pacific Ocean. Close to the end of the road is the historic town of Kernville ; shortly after, OR 229 ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 101 , located between Lincoln City ...
The Grays River Volcanics of Washington and Tillamook Volcanics of Oregon are now considered post-Siletz.) [11] Elsewhere Siletzia is covered by younger volcanic and sedimentary deposits. The discovery of Siletzia began in 1906 with Arnold's description and naming of a small exposure on the north side of the Olympic Peninsula near Port Crescent ...
As of 1945, "new" Kernville was located about a mile downstream from its original location, near the old Oregon Coast Highway bridge. Since the rerouting of U.S. Route 101 and the completion of a new Siletz River Bridge in the 1980s, new Kernville is no longer on the main highway. Kernville post office ran intermittently from 1896-1968. [2] [4]
There are 445 households in the city of Siletz and 143 households on the Siletz Reservation. The tribe owns and manages about 16,000 acres total, about 4,000-acre (16 km 2) of which is a reservation located along the Siletz River in the Central Oregon Coast Range of central Lincoln County, Oregon, approximately 15 mi (24 km) northeast of ...