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 where it is lies at a low elevation near the ocean surrounded by the highest mountains of the Oregon Coastal Range. Because of this, moisture trapped in the mountains from the nearby ocean results in more precipitation in the region.
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 occasional showers.
| 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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