Smith Creek

[AlanLichty]

I was a little surprised to look at a map with the GPS coordinates of this shot and saw that there was a named creek on maps that had been almost entirely buried in a culvert that goes under the railroad and Stagecoach road. You can actually see water coming out of the culvert down at road level from the bridge but its far from a notable feature from this viewpoint. Two panels at 24mm from a late October visit.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

Oh wow! That's too bad that the creek essentially dissapeared. In that area, there are probably quite a few that got that treatment?

 

[AlanLichty]

Oh wow! That's too bad that the creek essentially dissapeared. In that area, there are probably quite a few that got that treatment?

Thanks Jim - far too many creek suffered this fate. In Washington they are gradually replacing all such culvert installations since they completely block fish migrations but this one would be difficult given the presence of the railroad. The place where the creek dumps into the Siuslaw has been built up with large rocks to create the proper grade for the railroad so recreating the creek/river junction to allow for salmon spawning migration would be next to impossible and/or prohibitively expensive.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Interesting changes with time. Nice fall colors and the track anchors the image. The stuff in the lower left kind of distracts.

 

[AlanLichty]

Interesting changes with time. Nice fall colors and the track anchors the image. The stuff in the lower left kind of distracts.

Thanks - this was a quick turn-around from shooting the derelict footbridge that crosses the Siuslaw. The shot was more of a postcard pano of what the place looks like than a high end landscape photo scene. I left the roadway in to show the bridge location and what was close to the last of the pavement on the one lane road. There is about 5 miles of gravel between here and Swisshome on OR36.