List of shoals of Oregon
List of shoals of Oregon contains all natural river bars, sandbars, spits, and shoals identified by the USGS in the U.S. state of Oregon. The USGS defines a bar as a "natural accumulation of sand, gravel, or alluvium forming an underwater or exposed embankment ".
Perhaps the best known is the Columbia Bar system which consists of several bars, including Peacock Spit and Clatsop Spit outside the jetties. Inside, in the Columbia River proper are Jetty Sands, Desdemona Sands, Baker Sands, Chinook Sands, Youngs River Sands, and Tongue Point Bar all near the mouth.
There are 156 bars listed as of December 12, 2008.
| name | type | elevation | coordinate | USGS Map | GNIS ID |
| Tom Fry Eddy (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Agness | |||
| Walker Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Agness | |||
| Agness Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Agness | |||
| Lynch Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Agness | |||
| Taylor Sands (Clatsop County, Oregon) | Bar | Astoria | |||
| Tongue Point Bar (Oregon) | Bar | Astoria | |||
| Upper Sands (Clatsop County, Oregon) | Bar | Astoria | |||
| Gardner Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Bosley Butte | |||
| Miller Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Bosley Butte | |||
| Fashion Reef (Multnomah County, Oregon) | Bar | Bridal Veil | |||
| Lobster Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Brushy Bald Mountain | |||
| Black Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Bunker Creek | |||
| Tyee Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Bunker Creek | |||
| Dug Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Cactus Mountain | |||
| One Reef (Clark County, Washington) | Bar | Camas | |||
| New Era Bar (Clackamas County, Oregon) | Bar | Canby | |||
| Horseshoe Bar (Grant County, Oregon) | Bar | Canyon Mountain | |||
| Lawson Bar (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Canyonville | |||
| Simpson Reef (Coos County, Oregon) | Bar | Cape Arago | |||
| Blanco Reef (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Cape Blanco | |||
| Orford Reef (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Cape Blanco | |||
| Tituna Spit (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Cape Blanco | |||
| Seattle Bar (historical) (Jackson County, Oregon) | Bar | Carberry Creek | |||
| Puget Bar (historical) (Clatsop County, Oregon) | Bar | Cathlamet | |||
| Mussel Reef (Coos County, Oregon) | Bar | Charleston | |||
| Allison Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Brentano Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Candiani Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Duke Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Fairfield Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Five Islands Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Lower Lambert Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Upper Lambert Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Weston Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Coffee Island Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Feasters Rocks (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Snaggy Bend Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Mission Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Dayton | |||
| Eureka Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Deadhorse Ridge | |||
| Brandy Bar (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Deer Head Point | |||
| Hunter Bar (Columbia County, Oregon) | Bar | Deer Island | |||
| Flat Rock (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Depoe Bay | |||
| North Reef (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Depoe Bay | |||
| Bunch Bar (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Devils Graveyard | |||
| Fairview Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Eden Ridge | |||
| North Spit (Coos County, Oregon) | Bar | Empire | |||
| Skinners Bar (Lane County, Oregon) | Bar | Eugene East | |||
| Two Sisters Bar (Lane County, Oregon) | Bar | Eugene East | |||
| North Fork Shoal (Lane County, Oregon) | Bar | Florence | |||
| Taylor Creek Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Galice | |||
| Almeda Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Galice | |||
| Sibley Sands (Tillamook County, Oregon) | Bar | Garibaldi | |||
| Kilchis Flat (Tillamook County, Oregon) | Bar | Garibaldi | |||
| Tompkins Bar (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Gervais | |||
| Doyle Rock (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Gold Beach | |||
| Elephant Rock (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Gold Beach | |||
| Rogue River Reef (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Gold Beach | |||
| Ferry Hole Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Gold Beach | |||
| Pittsburg Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Grave Point | |||
| Collier Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Horse Sign Butte | |||
| Foster Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Illahe | |||
| Horseshoe Bar (Lane County, Oregon) | Bar | Junction City | |||
| Bells Shute Bar (Lane County, Oregon) | Bar | Junction City | |||
| Maupin Bar (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Kellogg | |||
| Jones Bar (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Kellogg | |||
| Battle Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Kelsey Peak | |||
| China Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Kelsey Peak | |||
| Missouri Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Kelsey Peak | |||
| Winkle Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Kelsey Peak | |||
| Oregon Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Kerby Peak | |||
| Yankee Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Kirkwood Creek | |||
| Jim Crow Sands (Clatsop County, Oregon) | Bar | Knappa | |||
| Oswego Rock (Clackamas County, Oregon) | Bar | Lake Oswego | |||
| Thesing Bar (Clackamas County, Oregon) | Bar | Lake Oswego | |||
| Caribou Bar (Baker County, Oregon) | Bar | Lime | |||
| Salishan Spit (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Lincoln City | |||
| Siletz Reef (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Lincoln City | |||
| Tacklebuster Reef (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Lincoln City | |||
| Mack Reef (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Mack Point | |||
| Gleason Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Marial | |||
| Blossom Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Marial | |||
| Brushy Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Marial | |||
| Half Moon Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Marial | |||
| Paradise Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Marial | |||
| Solitude Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Marial | |||
| Darrow Bar (Polk County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Eldriedge Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Lincoln Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Lincoln Rocks (Polk County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Spongs Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Windsor Bar (Polk County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Matheny Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Union Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Lone Tree Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Lower Martine Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Lower Simon Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| McCall Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| McCloskie Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Upper Martine Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Upper Simon Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Wheatland Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Matheny Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Mission Bottom | |||
| Murphy Bar (Polk County, Oregon) | Bar | Monmouth | |||
| Ostenbery Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Mount Emily | |||
| Multnomah Falls Bar (Multnomah County, Oregon) | Bar | Multnomah Falls | |||
| Nehalem Bank (Clatsop County, Oregon) | Bar | Tillamook | Outside the 12-mile limit for GNIS coordinates | ||
| Nehalem Spit | Bar | Nehalem | |||
| North Spit (Tillamook County, Oregon) | Bar | Nestucca Bay | |||
| Netarts Spit (Tillamook County, Oregon) | Bar | Netarts | |||
| Yaquina Reef (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Newport South | |||
| South Reef (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Newport South | |||
| Sawyer Bar (Lane County, Oregon) | Bar | North Sister | |||
| Eureka Bar (Columbia County, Oregon) | Bar | Oak Point | |||
| Pony Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Old Timer Mountain | |||
| Miami Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Pearsoll Peak | |||
| Prescott Bar (Columbia County, Oregon) | Bar | Rainier | |||
| Seaman Bar (Jackson County, Oregon) | Bar | Rogue River | |||
| Fishtrap Shoal (Columbia County, Oregon) | Bar | Saint Helens | |||
| Saint Helens Bar (Columbia County, Oregon) | Bar | Saint Helens | |||
| Henrici Bar (historical) (Columbia County, Oregon) | Bar | Saint Helens | |||
| Ray Bar (Yamhill County, Oregon) | Bar | Saint Paul | |||
| Darrow Rocks (Polk County, Oregon) | Bar | Salem West | |||
| Beardsley Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Salem West | |||
| Doves Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Salem West | |||
| Gray Eagle Bar (Marion County, Oregon) | Bar | Salem West | |||
| Salmon Rock (Jackson County, Oregon) | Bar | Sams Valley | |||
| Post Office Bar (historical) (Multnomah County, Oregon) | Bar | Sauvie Island | |||
| Whiteman Bar (Polk County, Oregon) | Bar | Sidney | |||
| Judson Rocks (Polk County, Oregon) | Bar | Sidney | |||
| Kimball Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Signal Buttes | |||
| Canfield Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Signal Buttes | |||
| Coyote Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Signal Buttes | |||
| Orchard Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Signal Buttes | |||
| Dixson Bar (Grant County, Oregon) | Bar | Silver Butte | |||
| Deadman Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | Silver Peak | |||
| Rock Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Squirrel Prairie | |||
| Two Bars (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Squirrel Prairie | |||
| High Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Temperance Creek | |||
| Little Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Temperance Creek | |||
| Greeley Bar (Malheur County, Oregon) | Bar | The Hole in the Ground | |||
| Clarks Bar (Tillamook County, Oregon) | Bar | Tillamook | |||
| Caufield Bar (Tillamook County, Oregon) | Bar | Tillamook | |||
| Chetco Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Tincup Peak | |||
| Taggarts Bar (Curry County, Oregon) | Bar | Tincup Peak | |||
| Powell Bar (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Tyee | |||
| Branton Bar (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Tyee | |||
| Heceta Bank | Bar | Unknown | |||
| Stonewall Bank (Lincoln County, Oregon) | Bar | Unknown | |||
| Geneva Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | Wapshilla Creek | |||
| Desdemona Sands | Bar | Warrenton | |||
| Jetty Sands (Clatsop County, Oregon) | Bar | Warrenton | |||
| Onion Rock (Multnomah County, Oregon) | Bar | Washougal | |||
| Fishers Bar (Wallowa County, Oregon) | Bar | White Monument | |||
| Ork Reef (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Winchester Bay | |||
| North Spit (Douglas County, Oregon) | Bar | Winchester Bay | |||
| Panther Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | York Butte | |||
| Brushy Bar (Josephine County, Oregon) | Bar | York Butte |