Editing Hood River County, Oregon (section)

==Geography==
Hood River County is {{convert|533|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|522|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|11|sqmi}} (2.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_41.txt |access-date=February 25, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the second-smallest county in Oregon by area. Elevation ranges from {{convert|60|feet}} above sea level at Cascade Locks in the northwest to {{convert|11,235|feet}} at the summit of Mount Hood, the highest point in Oregon.<ref name="CHAMBER">{{Cite web |title=Hood River County Chamber of Commerce |url=http://hoodriver.org/discover-hood-river/about-hood-river-county/location}}</ref>

The County lies in a transition zone in the [[Columbia River Gorge]] between the temperate rain forest of the Cascade range and dry desert of eastern Oregon. Precipitation varies considerably by longitude and elevation. Annual precipitation averages over 76 inches in Cascade Locks, but is less than 31 inches in the City of Hood River.<ref name="CHAMBER" /> At the highest reaches of the County on Mount Hood precipitation can be up to 150 inches annually.<ref name="MHNF">{{Cite web |title=Mount Hood Wilderness |url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mthood/null/recarea/?recid=79439&actid=38/ |access-date=October 15, 2015 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service}}</ref>

The Gorge can have a moderating effect on air temperatures in the County near the Columbia River when maritime air moves in from the west. Major easterly flows, however, can occasionally cause extreme cold conditions as cold air moves west through the Gorge. Winds are generally from the west in the summer, resulting in strong and consistent winds on the Columbia River at Hood River County, making Hood River a world-renowned wind surfing location. Winter winds can blow from either the east or the west and can be of sufficient force to result in widespread damage.<ref name="CLIMATE">{{Cite web |title=Climate of Hood River |url=http://www.ocs.oregonstate.edu/county_climate/Hood%20River_files/Hood%20River.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308215410/http://www.ocs.oregonstate.edu/county_climate/Hood%20River_files/Hood%20River.html |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |access-date=October 18, 2015 |publisher=Prepared by George Taylor, state climatologist, Cadee Hale & Sarah Joos, publication assistants}}</ref>

Hood River County contains the entirety of the {{convert|217,337|acre}} Hood River watershed, which covers nearly two-thirds of the county. This watershed includes four main sub-basins: the West Fork Hood River, the Middle Fork Hood River, the East Fork Hood River, and the Hood River Mainstem (the lower river and its tributaries).<ref name="HRWASSESS">{{Cite web |title=Hood River Watershed Assessment, December 1999 |url=https://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/web%20stores/data%20libraries/files/Watershed%20Councils/Watershed%20Councils_300_DOC_HoodR_WSassess_1999.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/web%20stores/data%20libraries/files/Watershed%20Councils/Watershed%20Councils_300_DOC_HoodR_WSassess_1999.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |publisher=Holly Coccoli, Hood River Watershed Group}}</ref>

Sixty percent, or {{convert|209,385|acres}}, of the county is federal land managed by the Mount Hood National Forest.<ref name="NFSACRE">{{Cite web |title=Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County, October 10, 2007. |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/LAR07/TABLE_6.htm}}</ref> Another {{convert|31,000|acres}}, or 8.8 percent, is forestland owned and managed by Hood River County.<ref name="NFS">{{Cite web |title=Hood River County Forestry Department, Hood River County, Oregon. |url=http://www.co.hood-river.or.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BE5300B0B-0A0B-4663-B7A3-39901D1AD9FD%7D}}</ref> The State of Oregon owns {{convert|3,894|acres}} within the county.<ref name="ORLAND">{{Cite web |title=State of Oregon State Land Inventory Report. |url=http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/LW/docs/State%20Lands%20Inventory/SLIS_county.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/LW/docs/State%20Lands%20Inventory/SLIS_county.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |publisher=Department of State Lands, Salem, Oregon}}</ref> Weyerhaeuser Company became a major private landowner in 2013 after purchasing Longview Timber LLC, including its forest holdings in Hood River County.<ref name="WECO">{{Cite web |title=Weyerhaeuser Completes Acquisition of Longview Timber LLC. |url=http://investor.weyerhaeuser.com/2013-07-23-Weyerhaeuser-Completes-Acquisition-of-Longview-Timber-LLC |publisher=Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Wash, July 23, 2013.}}</ref> {{convert|25,817|acres}}, over seven percent of the county, is managed as private farmland. As of 2012 there were 554 farms, with a medium farm size of {{convert|19|acres}}.<ref name="AGCENS">{{Cite web |title=Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 Census of Agriculture. |url=http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level/Oregon/st41_2_001_001.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level/Oregon/st41_2_001_001.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=October 15, 2015 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
[[File:Hood River County.gif|thumb|Map of Hood River County
{{legend|#C0D8C0|U.S. Forest Service land}}
{{legend|#F8F800|Bureau of Land Management land}}
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* [[Skamania County, Washington]] - north
* [[Klickitat County, Washington]] - northeast
* [[Wasco County, Oregon|Wasco County]] - southeast
* [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]] - southwest
* [[Multnomah County, Oregon|Multnomah County]] - west

===National protected areas===
*[[Badger Creek Wilderness]]
*[[Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness]]
*[[Mount Hood Wilderness]]
*[[Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area]]