Foss, Oregon
Foss was named for Herbert Foss, who owned timber in the area. 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. Camp Nehalem (also known as Camp Foss), a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp northeast of Foss, had a Foss mailing address.
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 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foss, Oregon
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ "Nehalem River Near Foss". National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ "Camp Nehalem" (PDF). Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties Historic Resource Survey Form. Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. February 1992. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ [1] NOAA. Retrieved May 06, 2023.
External links
- Foss history from VanNatta Forestry
- Image of Camp Nehalem from Oregon State University Special Collections
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