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
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.
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30-day streamflow
Above 30-day average↻ 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.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yocum Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Little Zigzag Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Paradise Branch Falls | 4 mi | 246 ft | — | — | — |
| Sandy River Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Middle Mimie Falls | 5 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Mimie Falls | 5 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
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.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yocum_Falls_(Clackamas_County%2C_Oregon)
Wikidata (Q30609881)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30609881
GeoNames (5762105)
https://www.geonames.org/5762105/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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