Beaver Falls
Oregon · 233-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Beaver Falls is at 213,000 cfs of flow today, on the upper end of typical conditions.
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 160,000 cfs (bottom 18% of the last 30 days, vs. 178,607.1 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Streamflow
213,000 cfs
COLUMBIA RIVER AT PORT · 58m ago
Overnight
50°F
Mostly Cloudy
Friday
69°F
Mostly Cloudy
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:31 AM · Sunset 9:04 PM · 15h 33m
Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.
Beaver Falls is a waterfall in Columbia County, Oregon. It drops roughly 233 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Beaver Falls sits in Columbia County, Oregon. It drops along Beaver Creek. The base sits at roughly 348 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 5 minutes from Clatskanie. A trail — Beaver Falls — runs within 80 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Beaver Falls, is a waterfall located on Beaver Creek near the town of Clatskanie in Columbia County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 14246900 · 6 mi away
COLUMBIA RIVER AT PORT WESTWARD, NEAR QUINCY, OR
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 123,000 cfs · 130% of last year — significantly wetter
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Falls (this page) | — | 233 ft | — | — | — |
| Marietta Falls | 17 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Gnat Creek Falls | 17 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Stillwater Falls | 19 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Kalama River Falls | 20 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Bonnie Falls | 23 mi | — | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Beaver Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~233 ft)
- Perrine Coulee Falls233 ft
- Lancaster Falls231 ft
- Big Creek Falls236 ft
- Lower Twin Falls236 ft
- Twin Falls (Lower)230 ft
Questions visitors ask about Beaver Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Beaver Falls?
Beaver Falls is 233 feet (71 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Beaver Falls from a major city?
Beaver Falls is 4 miles from Clatskanie (about 5 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
46.1045, -123.1242
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Falls_(Columbia_County%2C_Oregon)
Wikidata (Q30611813)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30611813
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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