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The Chetco River is a 56-mile-long (90 km) stream located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately 352 square miles (912 km 2) of Curry County. Flowing through a rugged and isolated coastal region, it descends rapidly from about 3,200 feet (975 m) to sea level at the Pacific Ocean.
The named tributaries of the Little Chetco River are, from source to mouth, Hawk Creek, which enters from the left; Ditch and Copper creeks, which enter from the right, and Henry Creek, left. [3] Little Chetco Trail and other connecting trails maintained by the United States Forest Service pass through or near the Little Chetco River watershed. [4]
The name Chetco comes from the word meaning "close to the mouth of the Chetco River" in their own language, which is part of the Athapascan languages. [2] Although they were once one of the largest tribes on the Pacific coast of Oregon, "the last known full-blooded Chetco" living on the Chetco River (Lucy Dick) died in 1940.
Harbor (Tolowa: chit [5]) is an unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States.It is located across the Chetco River from the city of Brookings.For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Harbor as a census-designated place (CDP).
A boat floats on the Mekong, in Laos. A river is a natural freshwater stream that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons.
Brookings is located along the southern Oregon coast at the mouth of the Chetco River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 3.94 square miles (10.20 km 2 ), of which 3.87 square miles (10.02 km 2 ) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2 ) is water.
Source data for the table below came from topographic maps created by the United States Geological Survey and published on-line by TopoQuest, [2] and from the Atlas of Oregon; [1] the Oregon Atlas and Gazetteer; [3] two federally produced geographic information system (GIS) datasets—the National Hydrography Dataset and the National Watershed ...
Gillnetting is a fishing method that uses gillnets: vertical panels of netting that hang from a line with regularly spaced floaters that hold the line on the surface of the water. The floats are sometimes called "corks" and the line with corks is generally referred to as a "cork line." The line along the bottom of the panels is generally weighted.