NETARTS BAY

Netarts estuary
Netarts estuary

Netarts (Oregon Coastal Atlas)

The Netarts Bay estuary is located on the Oregon coast at Netarts. The estuary is approximately 2743 acres in area and has a watershed of approximately 14 square miles.

The Netarts Bay estuary is designated as a Conservation estuary under the Oregon Estuary Classification system. The geomorphology of the area is that of a Bar Built estuary.

The Netarts Bay estuary is located in Tillamook County. Principle industries of the county are agriculture, lumber, fishing, and recreation. The county seat of Tillamook is home to Tillamook Bay Community College, and bordered by the Tillamook State Forest. The 1997 population of Tillamook County of 23,800 represented an increase of 10.3% since 1990. By 2006, it had grown to 25,530, an increase of 18.4% over 1990, and 5.2% since 2000.

Netarts Bay is one of the less disturbed estuaries in Oregon today. As such, it is an important resource for many wildlife species. The Audubon Society of Portland reports, for example, that between 18-70% of Oregon's wintering population of Black Brant (average 43%) is to be found at Netarts Bay.

The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries maintains a tsunami inundation map for the Netarts Bay area.

Sources

Follansbee, Bruce; Mondragon, Jennifer; Allen, Sean, and Mundell, Jim. Netarts Watershed Assessment. Bay City, OR: Tillamook Coastal Watershed Resource Center; 1999.

Hunter, Matt. Oregon's Important Bird Areas – Netarts Bay. Portland, OR: Audubon Society of Portland. 2003.

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Tsunami Hazard Map of the Netarts Quadrangle, Tillamook County, Oregon. Portland, OR: The Department. Open File Report O-95-37. 1995.

Oregon Ocean-Coastal Management Program. Learn about the Netarts Bay Estuary in Oregon's Coastal Atlas. Salem, OR: Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. 2000.

Peterson, C. D. and Darienzo, Mark E. Coastal Neotectonic Field Trip Guide for Netarts Bay, Oregon. Oregon Geology 50 (9/10) (1988):99-106.

Stout, Heather (ed.). The Natural Resources and Human Utilization of Netarts Bay, Oregon. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 1976.

Excerpts with permission from The Oregon Coastal Atlas

Compiled by Susan Gilmont, Staff, OSU Libraries (6/2007)

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