Foss, Oregon
Foss is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 4 miles (6 km) east of Mohler and Oregon Route 53, near the Nehalem River.[2] Foss is the site of an important river flood gauge.[3]
Foss | |
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  Foss Location within the state of Oregon  Foss Foss (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′46″N 123°47′51″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Tillamook |
| Elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 503 and 971 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1120902[1] |
| Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1] | |
Foss was named for Herbert Foss, who owned timber in the area.[4] Foss post office ran from 1928 to 1943, and Foss station on the Southern Pacific Railroad (now the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad) was established shortly after the post office.[4] Camp Nehalem (also known as Camp Foss), a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp northeast of Foss, had a Foss mailing address.[5]
Geography
Foss is only 474 acres in area. It lies in the Northwestern region of Oregon at a low elevation near the ocean surrounded by the highest mountains of the Oregon Coastal Range.
Climate
Foss has a borderline cool-summer Mediterranean and oceanic climate with cool, extremely rainy winters, with only 2 inches of snowfall annually, while the summers are mild with light precipitation. Because it lies at a low elevation surrounded by higher mountains near the ocean, heavy amounts of moisture get trapped in the region resulting in plentiful and heavy rainfall.
| Climate data for Foss, Oregon (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 51.1 (10.6) |
52.2 (11.2) |
54.1 (12.3) |
56.8 (13.8) |
61.0 (16.1) |
63.7 (17.6) |
68.0 (20.0) |
68.5 (20.3) |
68.1 (20.1) |
62.0 (16.7) |
55.7 (13.2) |
49.6 (9.8) |
59.2 (15.1) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 38.8 (3.8) |
39.2 (4.0) |
39.5 (4.2) |
41.4 (5.2) |
44.7 (7.1) |
50.2 (10.1) |
51.7 (10.9) |
51.0 (10.6) |
48.6 (9.2) |
45.5 (7.5) |
42.3 (5.7) |
38.6 (3.7) |
44.3 (6.8) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 15.71 (399) |
11.58 (294) |
15.44 (392) |
11.00 (279) |
5.63 (143) |
3.82 (97) |
0.90 (23) |
1.22 (31) |
4.40 (112) |
12.08 (307) |
18.36 (466) |
17.44 (443) |
117.58 (2,986) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.8 (2.0) |
0.7 (1.8) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.8 (2.0) |
2.4 (6.05) |
| Source: NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
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References
- "Foss". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- "Nehalem River Near Foss". National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- "Camp Nehalem" (PDF). Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties Historic Resource Survey Form. Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. February 1992. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- NOAA. Retrieved May 06, 2023.
External links
- Foss history from VanNatta Forestry
- Image of Camp Nehalem from Oregon State University Special Collections
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