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Scoggins Creek

Scoggins Creek
Scoggins Dam, USBR.jpeg
Aerial view of Henry Hagg Lake and Scoggins Dam
Name origin: For pioneer settler Gustavus Scoggin
Country United States
State Oregon
Counties Tillamook, Washington
Source Northern Oregon Coast Range
 - location South Saddle Mountain, Tillamook County
 - elevation 2,948 ft (899 m)
 - coordinates 45°33′16″N 123°22′23″W / 45.55444°N 123.37306°W / 45.55444; -123.37306 
Mouth Tualatin River
 - location between Dilley and Gaston, Washington County
 - elevation 171 ft (52 m)
 - coordinates 45°27′36″N 123°07′33″W / 45.46000°N 123.12583°W / 45.46000; -123.12583Coordinates: 45°27′36″N 123°07′33″W / 45.46000°N 123.12583°W / 45.46000; -123.12583 
Length 19.2 mi (31 km)
Basin 45.1 sq mi (117 km2)
Location of the mouth of Scoggins Creek in Oregon

Scoggins Creek, formerly known as "Scoggin Creek", is a 19-mile (31 km) tributary of the Tualatin River in Tillamook and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is named for pioneer settler Gustavus Scoggin.

Surrounded by lava and basalt flows and layers of sandstone, it flows generally southeast from near South Saddle Mountain in the Northern Oregon Coast Range and through a 1,700-foot (520 m)-wide valley to Henry Hagg Lake, an impoundment of Scoggins Dam. Just downstream from the lake, the creek empties into the Tualatin River about 20 miles (32 km) west of Portland, at an elevation of 171 feet (52 m). The creek enters the Tualatin River 60 miles (97 km) upstream of the Tualatin's confluence with the Willamette River.

The five named tributaries of Scoggins Creek from source to mouth are Fisher, Parsons, Wall, Tanner, and Sain creeks. Wall, Tanner, and Sain enter at Hagg Lake.



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