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  2. Flood watch issued for NW Oregon, Willamette River in Salem ...

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    High water floods a pathway in Minto Brown Island Park on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. High water from rain caused the level of the Willamette River to reach near action levels and caused trails ...

  3. Willamette Valley flood of 1996 - Wikipedia

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    An aerial view of the Willamette River's flood. The Willamette Valley flood of 1996 was part of a larger series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States which took place between late January and mid-February 1996. It was Oregon 's largest flood event in terms of fatalities and monetary damage during the 1990s.

  4. Flood stage - Wikipedia

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    Flood stage. Flood stage is the water level or stage at which the surface of a body of water has risen to a sufficient level to cause sufficient inundation of areas that are not normally covered by water, causing an inconvenience or a threat to life and property. When a body of water rises to this level, it is considered a flood event.

  5. Willamette River - Wikipedia

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    The Willamette River ( / wɪˈlæmɪt / ⓘ wil-AM-it) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is 187 miles (301 km) long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States.

  6. Oregon flood updates: Highway 101 closed near Lincoln City ...

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    Also in Tillamook, Oregon Highway 6 near the junction with Highway 101 remains closed due to high water. "A detour is available there as well," ODOT said. Landslide slows traffic north of Lincoln City

  7. Another atmospheric river to bring minor Oregon flooding ...

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    The atmospheric river of rain that's been hitting Oregon over the past weekend led to massively swollen water flows at Silver Falls State Park. Seen here is Lower South Falls. ... with snow levels ...

  8. Illinois River (Oregon) - Wikipedia

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    Illinois River (Oregon) /  42.15972°N 123.65917°W  / 42.15972; -123.65917. /  42.55000°N 124.06611°W  / 42.55000; -124.06611. The Illinois River is a tributary, about 56 miles (90 km) long, of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains part of the Klamath Mountains in northern California and southwestern Oregon.

  9. Course of the Willamette River - Wikipedia

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    The biggest recorded Willamette River flood, the Great Flood of 1861, produced a much larger maximum, 635,000 cubic feet per second (18,000 m 3 /s), in downtown Portland than that of the 1996 flood. During the Portland Flood of 1894 [29] and the Vanport Flood [30] of 1948, the river reached stages of 33 feet (10 m) and 30 feet (9.1 m ...