Rogers Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name = Rogers Peak
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Elevation = convert|3706|ft|m| [ cite web
url = http://nwdata.geol.pdx.edu/OR-GIS/PlaceNames/R.html
title = Northwest GeoData Clearinghouse
publisher = Portland State University, Department of Geology
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ]
Location = Tillamook County, Oregon, USA
Range = Northern Oregon Coast Range
Prominence = convert|3034|ft|m [ cite web
url = http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1075
title = Rogers Peak, Oregon
publisher = Peakbagger.com
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ]
Coordinates = coord|45.6645546|-123.5484538|format=dms|region:US_type:mountainGNIS|1132095accessdate|2008-04-03]
Topographic
USGS Rogers Peak
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Rogers Peak is the tallest mountain in Tillamook County, Oregon. [ [http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13203 Peakbagger.com: Oregon County High Points] . Retrieved on 2008-03-29.] Located in the Tillamook State Forest, the peak is also the highest peak in the Northern Oregon Coast Range, which is the northern section of the Oregon Coast Range. [ cite web
url = http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=12220
title = North Oregon Coast Range
publisher = Peakbagger.com
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ]

Geology

The origins of these mountains began approximately 40 million years ago during the Eocene age. During this time-period, sandstone and siltstone formed in the area. Additionally, igneous rocks and basalt flows combined with basaltic sandstone to create many of the mountainous formations. Other sedimentary rock in the area formed more recently, around 20 million years ago. It is hypothesized that portions of the area were islands during parts of the Eocene era. cite web
url = http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/STATE_FORESTS/docs/Watershed/Nehalem_Watershed_Analysis/Part_I-Ch_1-4.pdf
title = Upper Nehalem Watershed Analysis
publisher = Oregon Department of Forestry
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] The entire coast range sits on a convergent tectonic margin interacting with the Juan de Fuca Plate that is subducting beneath North America tectonic plate. [ cite web
last = Taylor
first = Stephen
url = http://www.wou.edu/las/natsci_math/geology/luckiamute/Appendix%20A%20Geology%20of%20Luckiamute%20River%20Watershed.pdf
title = Geology of the Luckiamute River Watershed, Upper Willamette Basin, Polk and Benton Counties, Oregon
publisher = Western Oregon University
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] ] The range is part of a broad, plunging structural arch of sedimentary and Tertiary volcanic strata that is being uplifted. cite web
url = http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1994/of94-021/tilgeo.txt
title = Geologic Map of the Tillamook Highlands, Northwest Oregon Coast Range
publisher = U.S. Geological Survey
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] ] Other portions of the mountains consist of marine sedimentary rock. cite journal
last = Byrne
first = John V.
year = 1964
month = Sept.
title = An Erosional Classification for the Northern Oregon Coast
journal = Annals of the Association of American Geographers
volume = Vol. 54
issue = No. 3
pages = pp. 329–335
doi = 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1964.tb00493.x ] The basalt in the area comes from basalt flows that covered much of Oregon that originated from fissures in the central portion of the state. It was during the middle Miocene period that the range was uplifted in the broad, northeast-plunging arch.

Flora and fauna

Forested parts of the mountain include Sitka spruce, western redcedar, Douglas-fir, and western hemlock. cite web
url = http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/hardtoget/jk-64-html/index.html
title = From the Forest to the Sea: A Story of Fallen Trees
publisher = Tree Dictionary
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] ] Other plant life native to the mountain are Coptis laciniata, salmonberry, salal, sword fern, Oregon grape, bracken fern, and others. cite journal
last = Macnab
first = James
year = 1958
month = Jan.
title = Biotic Aspection in the Coast Range Mountains of Northwestern Oregon
journal = Ecological Monographs
volume = Vol. 28
issue = No. 1
pages = pp. 21–54
doi = 10.2307/1942274 ] [ cite web
url = http://www.blm.gov/or/plans/surveyandmanage/MR/VascularPlants/section6.htm
title = Management Recommendations for Spleenwort-leaved Goldthread
publisher = Bureau of Land Management
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] Insects may include millipedes, collembolans, spiders, beetles, and various centipedes. Animals that inhabit the area are weasels, chipmunks. black bears, snowshoe hares and deer. Different birds include chickadees, kinglets, woodpeckers, jays, Brown Creepers, and Red Crossbills among others.

Location

Rogers Peak is located approximately convert|8|mi|km north of Lees Camp on Oregon Route 6 with access is via North Fork Road. cite web
url = http://www.summitpost.org/route/262471/rogers-peak-south-approach.html
title = Rogers Peak
publisher = SummitPost
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] ] Hiking the mountain is about a convert|3.5|mi|km round-trip with an elevation gain of about convert|1100|ft|m. The mountain, located on private timber land, is on the Oregon Coast. [ cite news
first = Terry
last = Richard
title = Tough Treks - High-Pointing
publisher = The Oregonian
date = 2004-07-25
accessdate = ] [ cite news
first = Terry
last = Richard
title = He's hit the high points in every Oregon county
publisher = The Oregonian
date =
accessdate = 2008-03-29 ]

Name history

In 1964 the mountain officially became Rogers Peak. Previously, it had also been referred to as Blue Lake Peak and Nels Rogers Peak. The mountain was named for Nelson S. Rogers, who was the Oregon State Forester from 1940-1949. He was a prominent figure in the rehabilitation of the Tillamook Burn. [ cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = p. 821 ]

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