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Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon's Central Coast Range with an elevation of 3,592 feet (1,095 m). The peak is located in Polk County west of the city of Dallas . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1997 it was labeled the wettest place in Oregon, [ 5 ] and in 1996 it set an all-time calendar year rainfall record for the contiguous United States ...
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By far, the largest concentration of wineries is in Yamhill County. [20] Harvesting hops near Independence, Oregon, c. 1940. Grass farmers have been burning fields, as part of their production, since the 1940s. The smoke is often irritating to residents; in 1988 it caused a 23-car pileup on I-5. Over the years, several pieces of legislation ...
The Oregon Provisional Legislature created Polk County from Yamhill District on December 22, 1845, granting to it the entire southwestern portion of present-day Oregon to the California border. County boundaries were periodically changed to reflect the creation of Benton and Lincoln counties. Many other counties were subsequently carved out of ...
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Rickreall Creek in Rickreall, Oregon at Oregon Route 99W. Rickreall Creek is a stream in Polk County, Oregon, United States rising on Laurel Mountain in the Central Oregon Coast Range and draining into the Willamette River west of Salem at Eola. [1] The creek passes through the city of Dallas and the unincorporated community of Rickreall.
Oregon has a wide range of temperatures, though the extremes are rare. [3] The highest was recorded on July 29, 1898, in Hermiston, Oregon, and again on August 10, 1898, in both Pendleton, Oregon and Redmond, Oregon, and once more on June 29, 2021, at Pelton Dam. All are east of the Cascades, when the temperature reached 119 °F (48 °C). [6]