Fall Creek (Middle Fork Willamette River)
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.JPG) Fall Creek in the Cascade Range foothills
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Lane |
| Source | Cascade Range |
| - location | near Sardine Butte, Willamette National Forest |
| - elevation | 3,782 ft (1,153 m) |
| - coordinates | 43°59′22″N 122°19′21″W / 43.98944°N 122.32250°W |
| Mouth | Middle Fork Willamette River |
| - location | near Jasper |
| - elevation | 561 ft (171 m) |
| - coordinates | 43°58′14″N 122°52′10″W / 43.97056°N 122.86944°WCoordinates: 43°58′14″N 122°52′10″W / 43.97056°N 122.86944°W |
| Length | 34 mi (55 km) |
  Location of the mouth of Fall Creek in Oregon
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Fall Creek is a 34-mile (55 km) tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River in Lane County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Beginning in the Cascade Range, the creek flows generally west through the Willamette National Forest to enter the Middle Fork upstream of Jasper, southeast of Springfield and Eugene.
Along its upper and middle reaches, the creek flows by many campgrounds, picnic sites, a state park, and the Fall Creek National National Recreation Trail. Below Fall Creek Lake, impounded by Fall Creek Dam, the small communities of Unity and Fall Creek lie along the lower reaches. Two covered bridges carry rural roads over the creek, one at Unity and the other further downstream.
Named tributaries of Fall Creek from source to mouth are Buzzard, Briem, Saturn, Delp, and Ninemile creeks. Then come Gold, Pacific, Tiller, Marine, Hehe, Small, and Gibraltar creeks. Further downstream are Alder, Puma, Jones, Portland, and Andy creeks.
Then come Bedrock, Slick, Timber, Boundary, and Little Gold Creek. North Fork Fall Creek is next, after which Winberry Creek enters at Fall Creek Lake. Little Fall Creek enters the main stem in the lower reaches below the lake.
Unity Bridge at Unity carries Unity–Lowell Road over Fall Creek. The bridge is about 1 mile (1.6 km) below Fall Creek Lake and about 6 miles (10 km) by water from the mouth of the creek. Unity Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Further downstream, Pengra Bridge carries Place Road over the creek along its lower reaches. The 120-foot (37 m) Howe truss structure, built in 1938, was also added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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