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Rogue River, Oregon

89. The mouth of the Rogue River is located on the southern Oregon

coast, 264 mi south of the mouth of the Columbia River and 319 mi north of San

Francisco Bay. The town of Gold Beach, Oregon, is located at the mouth of the

river

90. The project includes two rubble-mound jetties. The south jetty,

3,400 long, was completed in 1959; the 3,300-ft north jetty was completed

in 1960, The north jetty, undercut by river action and damaged during a 1964

flood, was rehabilitated in 1966.

91. Local interests have constructed a small-boat basin on the south

side of the river, protected by a breakwater. The Corps provided an entrance

channel and turning basin for the basin in 1972.

Both jetties show sporadic localized damage but are still func-

tional. No repair work is planned for the near future. A chronology of

events related to the development and repair of the jetty structures is given

Siuslaw River, Oregon

93. The mouth of the Siuslaw River is located on the southern Oregon

miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River. The town of

coast

Florence, Oregon, is located about miles upstream from the mouth of the

river.

94. The project provides for a pair of high-tide rubble-mound jetties

and a channel extending from the mouth of the river upstream to mile 16.5 near

Mapleton, Oregon. The project was originally authorized in 1 9 and revised

in 1891. It included a 7,500-ft north jetty and a 5,600-ft south jetty,

600 ft apart at the ends. The project was suspended in 1905, at which time

the north jetty had been constructed to 4,090 ft, and the south jetty had not

been started.

95. The present project was authorized in 1910 and included extension

of the north jetty by 3,700 ft and a 4,200-ft south jetty,

ft at their ends. The jetties were completed in 1917, at

separated by