Named places of Oregon and Washington, from the federal register

Applegate River

Applegate River is a stream in Josephine County, Oregon, recorded in the federal Geographic Names Information System as feature 1137279. It sits at 259 metres above sea level.

Federal profile, 2026

Everything below is the federal record for this place, with each value's source named.

NameApplegate River
GNIS feature ID1137279
Kind of placeStream
StateOregon
CountyJosephine
Latitude42.429
Longitude-123.44979
USGS topographic mapWilderville
First recorded11/28/1980
Elevationcalculated259 mUSGS EPQS point lookup at the primary coordinate
Elevation (feet)calculated850 ftelevation_m * 3.28084

Other streams

Every stream covered here

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Questions

Where is Applegate River?

In Josephine County, Oregon, at 42.429, -123.44979. The USGS records it on the Wilderville topographic map.

How high is Applegate River?

259 metres (850 feet), read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate.

What kind of place is Applegate River?

The U.S. Geological Survey classifies it as a stream in the Geographic Names Information System.

Where does this information come from?

The Geographic Names Information System, published by the U.S. Geological Survey, with elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Both are works of the United States government and are not subject to copyright in the United States.

Method and sources

The name, class, county and coordinates come from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, the federal register of place names. Elevation is read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate. Values shown as calculated are arithmetic over those fields and are not separate measurements. Nothing on this page describes what the place is like to visit: no one writing it has been there, and the federal record does not say.

  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Domestic Names, 2026
  • USGS 3DEP Elevation Point Query Service