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Yocum Falls

Oregon · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15

Flow at Yocum Falls is light today (17 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.

Right now

Streamflow

17.3 cfs

BLAZED ALDER CREEK NEAR · 48m ago

Overnight

48°F

Clear

Saturday

72°F

Sunny

Today's daylight

Sunrise 5:18 AM · Sunset 8:55 PM · 15h 37m

AQI: 36 (Good) · PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³

Snapshot built 3m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.

No verified photo yet

Yocum Falls is a waterfall in Clackamas County, Oregon. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

Yocum Falls, is a waterfall located in the heart of the Mount Hood National Forest, in Clackamas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in a privileged area in Zigzag canyon with several waterfalls including Little Zigzag Falls and Ramona Falls. The name, as well as Yocum Ridge, the south ridge of the Sandy Glacier on the west slope of Mount Hood, comes from businessman Oliver C. Yocum.

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 14138800 · 11.1 mi away

    BLAZED ALDER CREEK NEAR RHODODENDRON, OR

    — Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.

    View live discharge data →

30-day streamflow

Above 30-day average
2026-05-14 · low 7.5 cfstoday 22.7 cfs · avg 18 cfs

↻ Same date last year: 6.1 cfs · 373% 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.

WaterfallDistanceHeightTrailDogsFee
Yocum Falls (this page)
Little Zigzag Falls0 mi
Paradise Branch Falls4 mi246 ft
Sandy River Falls5 mi
Middle Mimie Falls5 miYFree
Mimie Falls5 miYFree

Questions visitors ask about Yocum Falls

Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.

How far is Yocum Falls from a major city?

Yocum Falls is 2 miles from Government Camp (about 3 minutes' drive).

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Where it is

45.3071, -121.7932

Sources and live status

Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.

Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15

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