Long Tom River

The Long Tom River is a tributary of the Willamette River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area at the south end of the Willamette Valley between Eugene and Corvallis.

It rises in the Central Oregon Coast Range in western Lane County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) west of Veneta. It flows east through the mountains to Veneta, through the Fern Ridge Reservoir, and then north into the Willamette Valley, roughly parallel to and west of the Willamette River. It joins the Willamette from the southwest approximately 10 mi (16 km) south of Corvallis.

The watershed includes approximately 410 sq mi of land (262,000 acres, 1060 km²) zoned as 45% forest, 30% agricultural, 8% public, and 17% urban or rural residential. [ [http://www.longtom.org/geography2.html Long Tom Watershed Council] ] The Long Tom waters support more than 140,000 people in the area, including residents in the city of Veneta and the rural farming communities of Alvadore, Cheshire, Crow, Franklin, and Noti, as well as industrial and commercial land on the western edge of Eugene. [ [http://www.co.lane.or.us/parks/documents/profile.pdf Lane County Profile] ] These lands were inhabited by the Chelamela group of the Kalapuya Indians prior to European settlement.

The Oregon Country Fair works actively with the Long Tom Watershed Council to restore the portion of the Long Tom that passes through the fair site. [ [http://www.longtom.org/fundpart3.html Long Tom Watershed Council] ]

ee also

*List of Oregon rivers
*List of reservoirs and dams in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.longtom.org/ Long Tom Watershed Council - including a useful "virtual tour" and aerial photos]
*GNIS|1123452|Long Tom River