Tidewater, Oregon
Tidewater is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States located on the Alsea River east of Waldport on Oregon Route 34.
Tidewater, Oregon | |
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 Post office in Tidewater | |
  Tidewater  Tidewater | |
| Coordinates: 44°24′40″N 123°54′01″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lincoln |
| Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 97390 |
| Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[1] | |
Tidewater was named because it is near the head of the tide of the Alsea River.[2] Tidewater post office was established in 1878.[2]
Tidewater is the home of White Wolf Sanctuary, a rescue facility for Arctic wolves.[3]
Climate
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly high temperatures in Tidewater above 76 °F (24 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Tidewater has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[4]
| Climate data for Tidewater | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 68 (20) |
80 (27) |
81 (27) |
92 (33) |
95 (35) |
100 (38) |
106 (41) |
106 (41) |
100 (38) |
93 (34) |
80 (27) |
67 (19) |
106 (41) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 49.5 (9.7) |
54.3 (12.4) |
57 (14) |
61 (16) |
66.1 (18.9) |
70 (21) |
74.6 (23.7) |
75.8 (24.3) |
74.5 (23.6) |
66.2 (19.0) |
55.5 (13.1) |
49.8 (9.9) |
62.9 (17.2) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 36 (2) |
38 (3) |
38.5 (3.6) |
40.6 (4.8) |
44.4 (6.9) |
48.6 (9.2) |
51.8 (11.0) |
52.1 (11.2) |
49.7 (9.8) |
45.7 (7.6) |
40.6 (4.8) |
37.4 (3.0) |
43.6 (6.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 8 (−13) |
10 (−12) |
23 (−5) |
26 (−3) |
30 (−1) |
35 (2) |
38 (3) |
40 (4) |
29 (−2) |
25 (−4) |
17 (−8) |
5 (−15) |
5 (−15) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 14.45 (367) |
12.07 (307) |
11 (280) |
6.58 (167) |
4.12 (105) |
2.46 (62) |
0.81 (21) |
1.12 (28) |
2.88 (73) |
6.84 (174) |
13.48 (342) |
15.32 (389) |
91.15 (2,315) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 1.3 (3.3) |
0.7 (1.8) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.4 (1.0) |
2.5 (6.4) |
| Average precipitation days | 20 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 165 |
| Source: [5] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Tidewater". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- "White Wolf Sanctuary and Educational Facility". White Wolf Sanctuary. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
- "Tidewater, Oregon". Weatherbase. Canty Media. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- "TIDEWATER, OR (358481)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
External links
- Images of the former Tidewater Covered Bridge from Salem Public Library
Municipalities and communities of Lincoln County, Oregon, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Lincoln County map | |
| CDPs | ||
| Other communities | ||
| Indian reservation | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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