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Yamhill
USGS Cataloging Unit: 17090008
Places Involving this
Watershed
Environmental Profile
Find general information integrated for this specific watershed
States:
Oregon
Counties:
Lincoln
Marion
Polk
Tillamook
Washington
Yamhill
Metropolitan Areas:
Portland--Vancouver
Salem
Nominated American
Heritage Rivers:
None
Assessments of Watershed Health
Index of Watershed Indicators (provided by EPA)
Unified Watershed Assessments (UWA) (provided by States and
Tribes)
1998 Impaired Water (provided by EPA / State partnership)
Environmental Information
River Corridors and Wetlands Restoration Efforts
Environmental Web Sites:
Real Time
Facilities regulated by EPA (provided by Envirofacts)
Toxic releases (Source:TRI - Toxic Release Inventory)
Hazardous Wastes (Source: RCRA - Resource
Conservation Recovery Act)
Superfund Sites (Source: CERCLA -Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act)
EnviroMapper for Watersheds- (interactive mapping tool)
Other Watersheds:
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upstream
None
downstream
Middle Willamette
Tribes
1
Large Ecosystems:
President's Forest Plan
Pacific Northwest
Ecosystem Management
Research Initiative
Water
Find information focused on water for this specific watershed
Rivers and Streams in this Watershed: 17 (provided by EPA's first River
Reach File)
Lakes in the watershed: N/A Total number of watershed acres: N/A
River and stream miles:
No data available :total river miles
No data available :perennial river miles
No data available :% of total rivers and streams have been
surveyed
No data available :miles meet all designated uses
The following aquifer's are in this huc:
(Source: USGS Principal Aquifers of the 48 Contiguous United States
1998)
Square
Aquifer
Rock Type
Miles
No Principal Aquifer
504
N/A
Puget-Willamette Lowland
Unconsolidated sand and
242
aquifer system
gravel aquifers
Miocene basaltic-rock
Basalt and other volcanic-rock
13
aquifers
aquifers
Facilities regulated by EPA (provided by Envirofacts)
Community Water Sources (Source: SDWIS Safe Drinking Water
Information System)
Water Dischargers (Source: PCS - Permit Compliance System)
Information provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS):
Stream Flow (Source: USGS)
Science in Your Watershed
Historical Water Data
Water use (1990): Information about the amount of water used
and how it is used
Selected USGS Abstracts
Land
Find watershed information focused on land characteristics
Area: 762.71 sq mi; perimeter: 150.39 mi
Habitat:
Forest Riparian Habitat
Agricultural/Urban Riparian Habitat
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People
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Citizen-based Groups at work in this Watershed (Provided by Adopt
Your Watershed)
Join now (Adopt Your Watershed)
National Watershed Network (provided by Conservation Technology
Information Center)
Air
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Facilities regulated by EPA (provided by Envirofacts)
Air (Source: AIRS)
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