| North Fork Coquille River | |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the North Fork Coquille River in Oregon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type4: | District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Coos County |
| Subdivision Type5: | City |
| Subdivision Name5: | Myrtle Point |
| Length: | 53.3miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | Myrtle Point, Oregon |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 945cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | 38400cuft/s |
| Source1: | Coos Mountain |
| Source1 Location: | Oregon Coast Range, Coos County |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 43.2817°N -123.8539°W[1] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1654feet[2] |
| Mouth: | Coquille River |
| Mouth Location: | Myrtle Point, Coos County |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 43.0803°N -124.1414°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 13feet |
| Basin Size: | 154sqmi |
The North Fork Coquille River is a 53miles tributary of the Coquille River in the southern Oregon Coast Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins at an elevation of about 1700feet above sea level and drops to 13feet near Myrtle Point, where it joins the South Fork Coquille River to form the main stem.[1]
About 53miles long, it starts as the confluence of several gulches on the east slope of Coos Mountain in Coos County. The river first flows north, but then turns west and south. It intersects Laverne County Park, passes through the rural community of Fairview and then Rock Prairie County Park before receiving Middle Creek from the left. It continues south through the hills and receives the East Fork Coquille River, also from the left, at the rural community of Gravelford. The river then turns west, meandering to a point north of Myrtle Point. Here it joins the South Fork Coquille River to form the Coquille, which flows west to the Pacific Ocean at Bandon.[3]
Named tributaries of the North Fork Coquille River from source to mouth are Little North Fork Coquille River followed by North Fork, Giles, Neely, Whilley, Moon, Hudson, and Swayne creeks. Below this come Evans, Steele, Blair, Lost, Middle, Schoolhouse, Garage, Wood, and Wimer creeks. Next is the East Fork Coquille River followed by Johns, Kessler, Carey, and Llewellyn creeks.[3]
About 70 percent of the Coquille River basin is forested, and most of the forest land produces commercial timber. Other land uses in the basin include farming and mining. Population is very sparse on the forested slopes above the valleys.[4]