Yakso Falls is a 70-foot (21 m) waterfall on Little River, in the Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] The waterfall is about 27 miles (43 km) from the unincorporated community of Glide along Little River Road (County Road 17), which becomes Forest Road 27.[4]
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| Location | Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43°13′29″N 122°42′56″W / 43.22472°N 122.71556°W[1] |
| Type | fan split by a large basalt outcrop near the base[2] |
| Elevation | 3,100 feet (940 m)[2] |
| Total height | 70 feet (21 m)[2] |
| Total width | 25 feet (7.6 m)[3] |
| Watercourse | Little River |
| Average flow rate | 50 cubic feet per second (1.4 m3/s)[3] |
In Chinook jargon, Yakso means "hair of the head".[5] The waterfall is said to resemble the long hair of a woman.[5]
Yakso Falls Trail, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, leads from Lake in the Forest Campground in Umpqua National Forest to the waterfall.[6] The trail, open year-round, passes through selectively logged old-growth forest.[4]
Other waterfalls in the vicinity include Hemlock Falls, Middle Hemlock Falls, and Upper Hemlock Falls (also known as Clover Falls), all on nearby Hemlock Creek, a Little River tributary. Additional falls within 5 miles (8.0 km) of Yakso Falls are Tributary Falls on an unnamed tributary of Hemlock Creek; Cedar Creek Falls on Cedar Creek; Flat Rock Falls on the Flat Rock branch of Clover Creek, and Grotto Falls on Emile Creek.[3][7] Like Hemlock Creek, Cedar, Clover, and Emile creeks are tributaries that enter Little River downstream of Yakso Falls.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Yakso Falls". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved May 17, 2012. Adjusted slightly by geolocating with Google Earth.
- ^ a b c d Anderson, David L. (2007). Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-88150-713-3.
- ^ a b c "Yakso Falls". Northwest Waterfall Survey. 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ^ a b "Yakso Falls Trail #1519". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved Jun 30, 2017.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 1062. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ "Thundering Waters: Yakso Falls". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ^ Plumb, Gregory A. (2004) [1983]. Thurman, Paula (ed.). Waterfall Lovers Guide: Pacific Northwest (4th ed.). Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers Books. pp. 250–252. ISBN 0-89886-911-0.
- ^ United States Geological Survey (USGS). "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map". TopoQuest. Retrieved May 18, 2012.