SOIL SURVEY OF THE HOOD RIVER-WHITE SALMON 

 RIVER AREA, OREGON-WASHINGTON. 



By A. T. STRAHORN and E. B. WATSON. 

 DESCRIPTION OF THE AEEA. 



The Hood River- White Salmon River area covers about 226 square 

 miles, or 144,640 acres, of mountain, valley, and river-bottom land in 

 or adjoining the Hood River and White Salmon River Valleys, in the 

 States of Oregon and Washington. 



The Hood River Valley is a depression of irregular outline lying in 

 Hood River County in the central part of Oregon. It is just west of 

 the principal axis of the Cascade Range, and is bordered on the east 

 by a low spur of that range. 



Mount Hood, with an elevation of 11,226 feet above sea level, marks 

 the extreme upper or southern end of the valley, and its permanent 



Fig. 1.— Sketch map showing location of the Hood River- 'SMiite Salmon River area, Oregon-Washington. 



mantle of snow and ice contributes not only to the flow in Hood 

 River and its numerous tributaries, but also to that of a number of 

 streams lying west of the Cascades. 



Hood River is a perennial stream, flowing over rocks and bowlders, 

 and because of its rocky, timbered gorge is considered one of the 



5 



