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Long Tom River

Field	Value
name	Long Tom River
name_etymology	Developed gradually in the 19th century in imitation of a native tribal name
image	OCFLongTom.JPG
image_caption	The Long Tom River as it appears while passing through the Oregon Country Fair's land near Veneta
image_size	300
map_size	300
pushpin_map	USA Oregon
pushpin_map_size	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the mouth of the Long Tom River in Oregon
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Oregon
subdivision_type4	County
subdivision_name4	Lane and Benton
length	57 mi
discharge1_avg	753 cuft/s
source1	Central Oregon Coast Range
source1_location	Long Tom Station, Lane County
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	1131 ft
mouth	Willamette River
mouth_location	Norwood Island, Benton County
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	256 ft
basin_size	410 sqmi

The Long Tom River is a 57 mi tributary of the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area at the south end of the Willamette Valley between Eugene and Corvallis.

It rises in the Central Oregon Coast Range in western Lane County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) west of Veneta. It flows east through the mountains to Veneta, through the Fern Ridge Reservoir, and then north into the Willamette Valley, roughly parallel to and west of the Willamette River. It joins the Willamette from the southwest approximately 4 mi (6.5 km) west of Halsey. The Fern Ridge Reservoir was created in 1942 when the United States Army Corps of Engineers dammed the river to control flooding.

The watershed includes approximately 410 sqmi of land (262,000 acres, 1060 km2) zoned as 45 percent forest, 30 percent agricultural, 8 public, and 17 percent urban or rural residential. The Long Tom waters support more than 140,000 people in the area, including residents in the city of Veneta and the rural farming communities of Alvadore, Cheshire, Crow, Franklin, and Noti, as well as industrial and commercial land on the western edge of Eugene. These lands were inhabited by the Chelamela group of the Kalapuya Indians prior to European settlement.

The Oregon Country Fair is one of many groups and agencies that work with the Long Tom Watershed Council to protect and restore the river.

Name

The river's name, Long Tom, developed gradually during the 19th century in imitation of a native tribal group called Lung-tum-ler. The Native American name of this Kalapuyan group is [lámpʰtumpif], literally meaning "spank-his-ass".

Tributaries

Named tributaries from source to mouth are Micheals, Jones, Swamp, Dusky, Hayes, Sweet, Green, and Gold creeks. Then come Noti, Wilson, Indian creeks before the river enters Fern Ridge Reservoir. Hannavan and Inman creeks enter the reservoir as does Coyote Creek. (The topographic map also shows a separate Coyote Creek that leaves the reservoir south of the main Long Tom channel and rejoins it further downstream.) Below the reservoir come Squaw, the second confluence with Coyote Creek, then Lingo Slough, Bear, Amazon, Ferguson, Shafer, and Miller creeks.

References

Palmer, Tim. (2014). "Field Guide to Oregon Rivers". Oregon State University Press.
(November 28, 1980). "Long Tom River". United States Geological Survey.
[[Google Earth]] elevation for GNIS coordinates
(2003). "About the watershed". Long Tom Watershed Council.
"The Fern Ridge Community Resource Unit". naturalborders.com.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928023244/http://www.co.lane.or.us/parks/documents/profile.pdf Lane County Profile]
(2003). "Funding and partners: 1998–2003". Long Tom Watershed Council.
McArthur, Lewis A.. (2003). "Oregon Geographic Names". Oregon Historical Society Press.
Bright, William. (2004). "Native American placenames of the United States". University of Oklahoma Press.
"United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey.

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