About the Alsea Bay Estuary
The Alsea Bay estuary is located on the Oregon coast at Waldport. The estuary is approximately 2516 acres in area and has a watershed of approximately 474 square miles.
The Alsea Bay estuary is designated as a Conservation estuary under the Oregon Estuary Classification system. The geomorphology of the area is that of a Drowned River Mouth estuary.
The Alsea Bay estuary is located in Lincoln County. Principal industries of the county are lumber, fishing, agriculture and tourism. The county seat is in Newport which is also Oregon's oceanography research center with Oregon State University's Marine Science Center, the Oregon Coast Aquarium and their fleets of ocean-going vessels all calling the city home. The 1900 census measured Lincoln county's population at 3,575. By 1997, it had grown to 42,500 representing an increase of 9.3% over 1990.
Overhung with mossy bigleaf maples, Drift Creek meanders through the densely forested canyons of the Coast Range's largest wilderness area and eventually flows to Alsea Bay. For the easiest route to the creek, hike the Harris Ranch Trail down to an ancient homestead meadow in a creek bend. The path sets out through an old-growth rainforest of alder, five-foot-thick Douglas firs, and droopy-limbed red cedars. Underbrush here includes salmonberry, vine maple, and lady fern. The bare bedrock banks of Drift Creek are great for picnicking or sunbathing. |
Data for the Alsea Bay Estuary
[17 Records Listed]
Alsea Bay Estuary GIS Data |
Data Layer |
Source |
Scale |
Year |
Download |
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OCMP |
1,000 |
1979 |
|
|
OCMP |
1,000 |
1986 |
|
|
OCMP |
1,000 |
1986 |
|
|
OCMP |
1,000 |
1986 |
|
|
OCMP |
1,000 |
1986 |
|
|
OCMP |
1,000 |
1986 |
|
|
OCMP |
1,000 |
1979 |
|
|
USGS |
24,000 |
1994 |
|
|
USGS |
24,000 |
1994 |
|
|
USGS |
24,000 |
1984 |
|
|
USGS |
24,000 |
1984 |
|
|
DOGAMI |
24,000 |
2004 |
|
|
DOGAMI |
24,000 |
2004 |
|
|
OCMP |
50,000 |
2014 |
|
|
OCMP |
50,000 |
2014 |
|
|
OCMP |
50,000 |
2014 |
|
|
OCMP |
50,000 |
2014 |
|
[17 Records Listed]
Information provided by the Oregon Coastal Management Program |