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 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 |
Mean daily maximum °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) |
Mean daily minimum °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] |
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foss, Oregon
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ [1] 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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