Foss, Oregon

Foss
Unincorporated community
Camp Nehalem
Camp Nehalem
Foss is located in Oregon
Foss
Foss
Location within the state of Oregon
Foss is located in the United States
Foss
Foss
Foss (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°41′46″N 123°47′51″W / 45.69611°N 123.79750°W / 45.69611; -123.79750
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyTillamook
Elevation
[1]
49 ft (15 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)503 and 971
GNIS feature ID1120902[1]

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)
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

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foss, Oregon
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ^ "Nehalem River Near Foss". National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Camp Nehalem" (PDF). Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties Historic Resource Survey Form. Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. February 1992. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  6. ^ [1] NOAA. Retrieved May 06, 2023.


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