Editing Yachats, Oregon

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Yachats, Oregon
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| image_skyline            = Yachats.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Aerial view of Yachats
| nickname                 = Home of the World's Largest Ocean<ref name="City info"/>
| motto                    = Gem of the Oregon Coast<ref name="City info">{{cite web|title=City Information |url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/city%20info.htm |publisher=City of Yachats |access-date=June 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522131217/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/city%20info.htm |archive-date=May 22, 2009 }}</ref>
| image_map                = Lincoln_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Yachats_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location in [[Oregon]]
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Lincoln County, Oregon|Lincoln]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = 1967
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Craig Berdie<ref>{{cite web|url= https://yachatsnews.com/vaaler-scott-and-stott-win-yachats-races-for-mayor-and-city-council-foreshadowing-changes-when-they-take-office-in-january/ |publisher=YachatsNews.com |title=Vaaler, Stott and Scott win Yachats races for mayor and city council, foreshadowing changes when they take office in January |first=Quinton |last=Smith |date=November 3, 2020 |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref>
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 2.39
| area_total_sq_mi         = 0.92
| area_land_km2            = 2.36
| area_land_sq_mi          = 0.91
| area_water_km2           = 0.03
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
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| population_total         = 994
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_density_km2   = 421.43
| population_density_sq_mi = 1091.11
| population_blank1_title  = [[Demonym]]
| population_blank1        = Yachatian ({{respell|yah|HAY|shun}})
| population_note          = 
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| timezone                 = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset               = -8
| timezone_DST             = Pacific
| utc_offset_DST           = -7
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 190
| coordinates              = {{coord|44|18|46|N|124|06|08|W|type:city(617)_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 97498
| area_code                = [[Area code 541|541]]
| blank_name              = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info              = 41-84200<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website |df=mdy }}</ref>
| blank1_name             = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info             = 2412313<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412313}}</ref>
| website                 = [http://www.yachatsoregon.org yachatsoregon.org]
| footnotes               = 
}}
'''Yachats''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɑː|h|ɑː|t|s}} {{respell|YAH|hahts}}) is a small coastal city in the southernmost area of [[Lincoln County, Oregon]], United States. According to ''[[Oregon Geographic Names]]'', the name comes from the [[Siletz (tribe)|Siletz]] language and means "at the foot of the mountain". There is a range of differing etymologies.<ref>[http://www.yachats.info/history/origins2.htm History: Origins of Name Yachats] from Yachats.info</ref> [[William Bright]] says the name comes from the [[Alsea language|Alsea]] placename ''yáx̣ayk<sup>y</sup>'' (<small>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA:]]</small> {{IPA|/ˈjaχajkʲ/}}).<ref name="Bright2004">{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|author-link=William Bright|title=Native American placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA576|access-date=April 11, 2011|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=576}}</ref> At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city's population was 994.

==History==
Archeological studies have shown that the Yachats area has been inhabited for at least 1,500&nbsp;years.  Remains of a [[pit-house]] in Yachats have been [[radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon dated]] at approximately 570&nbsp;AD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yachats.info/history/alsea2.htm|title=Indians of Yachats|publisher= J. Kittel and S. Curtis|access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> Yachats is built on seashell [[midden]]s and numerous graves left by its past inhabitants. Excavations for construction of buildings and [[U.S. Route 101]] uncovered a great many skeletons and artifacts. Most of these became part of the fill dirt forming the base of the current highway and city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yachats.info/history/sub-agency2.htm | title=Alsea Sub-Agency|publisher=J. Kittel and S. Curtis|access-date=May 23, 2009 }}</ref>

<!--[[Image:Amanda's Trail.jpg|180px|thumb|left|{{deletable image-caption|Sunday, 17 March 2013}} Sy Meadow's sculpture "Amanda" on Amanda's Trail]]-->
For many centuries the Native Americans in this area were [[hunter-gatherer]]s who migrated between summer camps and winter residences. The [[Alsea|Alsea Tribe]] had as many as 20 permanent villages (used on an annually rotating basis) on the [[Alsea River]] and the central Oregon coast. Archeological and linguistic evidence support the existence of a southern Alsea village known as the ''Yahuch'' band, located on the coast at the [[Yachats River]].  By 1860, the ''Yahuch'' band was extinct, many having succumbed to European diseases such as [[smallpox]] and [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yachats.info/history/indians.htm | title=Indians of Yachats | publisher=J. Kittel and S. Curtis | access-date=May 23, 2009 }}</ref>

In order to open up land in the [[Coos Bay, Oregon|Coos Bay]] area for [[Homestead Acts|homesteading]] in the early 1860s, the U.S. Army forcibly marched the [[Coos (tribe)|Coos]] and [[Umpqua (tribe)|Lower Umpqua]] Indians {{convert|80|mi|km}} north over rugged terrain to the Alsea Sub-Agency reservation in Yachats where the peaceful Indians, treated by the Army as though they were prisoners of war, were incarcerated.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yachats.info/history/indians.htm | title=Insights on the Alsea Sub-Agency (1859–1875) | publisher=J. Kittel and S. Curtis | access-date=May 23, 2009 }}</ref>  Amanda's Trail, named for a blind Indian woman who suffered greatly on the march, was dedicated on July 19, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |first=Barbara B. |last=Covell |title=An Unforgotten Legacy |work=South Lincoln County News |page=1 |date=August 5, 2009 }}</ref>  The trail climbs {{convert|800|ft|m}} from downtown Yachats to the summit of Cape Perpetua where it links with the extensive trail system of the Siuslaw National Forest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hale |first=Jamie |date=2023 |title=Tribes, locals come together to build trails, find healing on the Oregon coast |url=https://oregonlive.com/entertainment/2023/09/tribes-locals-come-together-to-build-trails-find-healing-on-the-oregon-coast.html |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=OregonLive |language=en}}</ref>

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Above Yachats River Valley.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Mountains cradling the Yachats River Valley]]  -->In Yachats the hunter-gatherer tribes were forced to learn to make a living by agriculture.  Crops planted near the ocean failed, resulting in many deaths from starvation.  Approximately 300&nbsp;Indians died in just 10&nbsp;years.  Twelve years after the Alsea Sub-Agency had opened, the Indians were allowed to establish a trail and develop agricultural plots up the Yachats River Valley, where they were able to grow potatoes, oats, wheat, and corn. They were also allowed to return to hunting. Once the Indians had built a new life there, the U.S. government opened up the area for homesteading in 1875, and once again, forced the Indians to move—some returned to their ancestral homelands, others went {{convert|40|mi|km}} north to the [[Siletz Reservation]].  Many of the Indians died during this relocation.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yachats.info/history/sub-agency4.htm | title=Alsea Sub-Agency continued | publisher=J. Kittel and S. Curtis | access-date=May 23, 2009 }}</ref>

Homesteaders used the Indian farms and trails to develop the Yachats area.  In 1892 the first post office was established in Yachats (called Oceanview until it was renamed Yachats in 1917).  Until Yachats could be reached by a [[macadam]] road, rains made it impossible for the mail to be carried by car.  The Roosevelt Memorial Highway (now Highway 101), carved out of the rock of [[Cape Perpetua]] in 1931, changed all this by opening up a route from the town of Florence.  Despite the early difficulties of reaching Yachats, the tourist industry began in 1905 with the conversion of a [[Rhamnus purshiana|chittum bark]] warehouse into the first hotel.  Today tourism is the city's main industry.<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |title=Yachats History |publisher=City of Yachats |access-date=June 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308061353/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2009 }}</ref>

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Yachats Little Log Church.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Little Log Church and Museum]] -->
Yachats was part of the war effort in both world wars.  Spruce was needed for airplanes during World War I, and in 1918 the [[U.S. Army Signal Corps]] under the [[Spruce Production Division]] wanted to commence logging of the Blodgett Tract area, an area about {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of Yachats.  A {{Convert|23.5|mi|4=-long|adj=mid}} logging railroad, the Alsea Southern Railroad, needed for transporting logs to the [[Yaquina River]] was completed by the Spruce Production Division from [[South Beach, Oregon]] (near [[Newport, Oregon]]) to Yachats on November 8, 1918, just three days before the war ended. Logs could then be floated on the river to the mill in [[Toledo, Oregon]]. A private company, the Pacific Spruce Corporation under its Manary Logging Company subsidiary, purchased the railroad and completed a large centralized logging facility called "Camp 1" north of Yachats in September 1922. Camp 1 contained a machine shop, locomotive shed, bunkhouses, bungalows, mess hall, school, and commissary. Manary Logging and its successors continued the logging operations in the area until 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |title=Camp 1 established north of Yachats |publisher=City of Yachats |access-date=June 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308061353/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/j67314933?locale=en|title=Pacific Spruce Corporation and subsidiaries : C.D. Johnson Lumber Company, Manary Logging Company, Pacific Spruce Northern Railway Co. : an illustrated story reprinted from the Lumber World Review|first=Bolling Arthur|last=Johnson|website=ir.library.oregonstate.edu}}</ref><ref name="Palmer">{{cite book | last=Palmer| first=Lloyd | title=Steam Towards the Sunset | year=1982 | publisher=Lincoln County Historical Society | isbn=0-911443-00-2 }}</ref>

Early in World War II, the West Shelter built by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC) near the top of Cape Perpetua was used as an observation site and radar station for the detection of enemy submarines and aircraft.  In Yachats, foxholes and gun emplacements were installed along the ocean drive.  Military personnel were housed in a local skating rink and the Ladies Club was rented for recreation.  After the war, the [[U.S. Coast Guard]] discovered Japanese mines that had floated onto the beaches.  These were hauled out to sea and destroyed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |title=World War II comes to the Yachats Area |publisher=City of Yachats |access-date=June 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308061353/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2009 }}</ref>

The Little Log Church is a historical museum displaying many artifacts relating to Yachats's past.  The church, built in 1926, was [[Cruciform|designed in the shape of a cross]].  Sir Robert Perks, who owned most of Yachats at the time, provided the property; the logs were donated as well and the work was contributed by local citizens.  The museum is now owned by the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |title=Little Log Church built in Yachats |publisher=City of Yachats |access-date=June 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308061353/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Yachats%20History.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2009 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 441
|1980= 482
|1990= 533
|2000= 617
|2010= 690
|2020= 994
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
[[Image:View of Yachats from Perpetua.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Yachats from [[Cape Perpetua]]]]
Of city residents age 25 or older in 2000, 94.0% achieved a high school education or higher, compared to the national average of 80.4%, and 40.3% held a bachelor's degree or higher compared to 24.4% nationally.<ref name="GR2" />

===2010 census===
As of the [[United States Census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref> of 2010, there were 690 people, 400 households, and 198 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|758.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 807 housing units at an average density of {{convert|886.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of the city was 95.2% White, 0.1% African American, 1.7% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 4.8% of the population.

There were 400 households, of which 5.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 50.5% were non-families. 42.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.72 and the average family size was 2.22.

The median age in the city was 62.3 years. 4.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 10.8% were from 25 to 44; 39.5% were from 45 to 64; and 41.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.7% male and 53.3% female.

===2000 census===
[[File:Yachats - DPLA - 7cf6c1ac30e395abd9d5c60cab1dce4b.jpg|thumb|right|[[U.S. Route 101|Highway 101]] through Yachats, 2004]]As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 617 people, 333 households, and 185 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|693.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 619 housing units at an average density of {{convert|695.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.27% White, 0.16% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.81% Asian, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.76% of the population.

There were 333 households, out of which 10.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.4% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.85 and the average family size was 2.34.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 11.7% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 13.0% from 25 to 44, 39.4% from 45 to 64, and 32.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,308, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $36,875 versus $31,806 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,143. About 12.8% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
The principal industries of Lincoln County are lumber, fishing, tourism and recreation, and food products manufacturing.<ref name=OEDD>{{cite web|title=Yachats Community Profile (cached) |publisher=[[Oregon Economic Development Department]] |url=http://info.econ.state.or.us:591/FMPro?-db=Community.fp4&-Format=forms.htm&-lay=webpage&-op=eq&sort%20name=Yachats&-Find |access-date=June 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212232309/http://info.econ.state.or.us:591/FMPro?-db=Community.fp4&-Format=forms.htm&-lay=webpage&-op=eq&sort%20name=Yachats&-Find |archive-date=February 12, 2007 }}</ref> Tourism is Yachats's main industry.<ref name=History/><ref name=OEDD/>

==Geography==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Yachats estuary in July.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Mid-afternoon at the Yachats estuary in July. Very high temperatures inland pull cool ocean air over Yachats.]] -->
Yachats is the southernmost city in Lincoln County. It is bounded by the [[Central Oregon Coast Range]] on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west. To the south is a rugged portion of [[U.S. Route 101|highway]] around and just south of [[Cape Perpetua]], connecting the city to [[Lane County, Oregon|Lane County]] on [[U.S. Route 101 in Oregon|U.S. Route 101]]. Yachats is almost exactly equidistant between the two most populous coastal cities in Lincoln and Lane counties, respectively, being {{convert|23|mi|km|abbr=}} north of [[Florence, Oregon|Florence]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://check-distance.com/search?from=Florence,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&to=Yachats,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&flat=43.9827&flon=-124.1&tlat=44.3128&tlon=-124.105|title=Distance from Florence, Oregon, United States of America to Yachats, Oregon, United States of America|website=check-distance.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of [[Waldport, Oregon|Waldport]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://check-distance.com/search?from=Yachats,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&to=Waldport,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&flat=44.3128&flon=-124.105&tlat=44.4268&tlon=-124.069|title=Distance from Yachats, Oregon, United States of America to Waldport, Oregon, United States of America|website=check-distance.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> and {{convert|23|mi|km|abbr=}} south of [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://check-distance.com/search?from=Yachats,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&to=Newport,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&flat=44.3128&flon=-124.105&tlat=44.6368&tlon=-124.053|title=Distance from Yachats, Oregon, United States of America to Newport, Oregon, United States of America|website=check-distance.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref>  The city straddles the [[Yachats River]] and [[estuary]].  According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.92|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.91|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate of Yachats is relatively mild throughout the year because of the moderating effects of the ocean currents.  Temperatures rarely drop below {{convert|30|F|C}} in the winter or rise above {{convert|75|F|C}} in the summer.  The highest recorded temperature, however, was {{convert|100|F|C}} in July 1961 and the record low was {{convert|1|F|C}} in December 1972. Snow is uncommon and only occurs in rare offshore flow events with deformation banding in Arctic fronts and overrunning low pressure systems that move inland to the south, but rainfall is quite heavy through the winter months and several storms come out of the [[Gulf of Alaska]] each winter.<ref name="climate">[http://docweather.com/2/show/63/ Doc Weather], Description of North American weather patterns.</ref>

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| Jan high F  =53.3
| Feb high F  =53.8
| Mar high F  =54.7
| Apr high F  =56.8
| May high F  =59.1
| Jun high F  =62.2
| Jul high F  =64.2
| Aug high F  =64.6
| Sep high F  =64.5
| Oct high F  =61.2
| Nov high F  =55.7
| Dec high F  =52.4
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| Feb mean F  =47.5
| Mar mean F  =48.2
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| May mean F  =53.1
| Jun mean F  =56.2
| Jul mean F  =58.0
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| Sep mean F  =57.4
| Oct mean F  =54.5
| Nov mean F  =50.0
| Dec mean F  =46.6
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| Feb low F  =41.3
| Mar low F  =41.6
| Apr low F  =43.3
| May low F  =47.2
| Jun low F  =50.2
| Jul low F  =51.8
| Aug low F  =51.7
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| Oct low F  =47.7
| Nov low F  =44.4
| Dec low F  =40.8
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| Feb precipitation inch  =8.74
| Mar precipitation inch  =9.66
| Apr precipitation inch  =6.56
| May precipitation inch  =4.35
| Jun precipitation inch  =3.07
| Jul precipitation inch  =0.91
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==Arts and culture==

===Annual cultural events===
The Yachats la de da Parade is held each July 4 at noon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yachats.org/ParadeRulesandEntryForm.html |title=La de da parade 2005 entry form |access-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528211002/http://www.yachats.org/ParadeRulesandEntryForm.html |archive-date=May 28, 2009 }}</ref> It features anyone in town who wants to participate. Some of the regular entries include the Yachats Umbrella Drill Team, a belly dancing troupe, and a Yachats Fire Department truck accompanied by [[Dalmatian (dog)|Dalmatian]] miniature goats. Starting in 2012, the Oregon Central Coast PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) have also marched in the parade. For the past several years, the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program (YYFAP) has run a (rubber) duck race in the Yachats estuary shortly following the parade. Then, in the evening, an extensive fireworks display is launched out over the ocean.

The Yachats Music Festival brings 20 to 30 of the world's major classical musicians for four concerts throughout a weekend in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fourseasonsconcerts.com/yachats2008-09.htm |title=Yachats Music Festival |access-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529000137/http://www.fourseasonsconcerts.com/yachats2008-09.htm |archive-date=May 29, 2009 }}</ref> The Yachats event is the summer festival for Four Seasons Arts, an organization that presents annual recitals at [[Carnegie Hall]] and the [[Lincoln Center]]. This music festival has graced Yachats annually since 1981.

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Each October, Yachats is the site of the Yachats Village Mushroom Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yachats.org/events.html|title=Yachats Area Chamber Of Commerce & Visitors Center - Events in Yachats on the Central Oregon Coast}}</ref>  Some of the world's leading experts in [[mycology]] provide exhibits, give talks, and guide forest walks.  There is also a culinary mushroom-growing workshop.  Restaurants in Yachats participate in a Fungi Feast with wild mushroom cuisine.  Mushroom-inspired art and music can be found at a number of venues around the town.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/print/2008/10/weekend-getaways/pacific-fall-text
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090228191531/http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/print/2008/10/weekend-getaways/pacific-fall-text
 | url-status= dead
 | archive-date= February 28, 2009
 | title=Mushroom Picking: Go 'Shrooming |work=National Geographic Adventure Magazine| access-date=May 31, 2009 }}</ref>

During the first weekend of November, the city hosts the Yachats Celtic Music Festival, with performances at several venues, including the auditorium of the Yachats Commons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yachatscelticmusicfestival.com/|title=Yachats Celtic Music Festival November 2013|website=www.yachatscelticmusicfestival.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302063519/http://www.yachatscelticmusicfestival.com/ | archive-date=2014-03-02}}</ref>  Many of the world's finest [[Celtic music|Celtic]] musicians perform there, traveling from [[Scotland]], Ireland, Canada, and various regions of the U.S. to participate.  Workshops are held for teaching dances and the playing of instruments such as the [[bodhran]] and the [[tin whistle]].

At the [[Cape Perpetua]] Scenic Area, the visitor center hosts Whale Watching Weeks in winter and in spring.<ref>{{cite web|title=Whale Watching|url=http://www.whalespoken.org/|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|year=2015|access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> About 400 gray whales feed along the coasts of Oregon, [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and [[British Columbia]] in the summer. Generally, whales are in the Cape Perpetua area from July through mid-November. These whales can be seen close to shore while feeding.  The visitor center also sponsors a Tidepool Discovery Days program each summer and provides guided [[tidepool]] walks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/NATRES/RS_FAQtidepools.shtml |title=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department: Stewardship Tidepool FAQ's |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629051045/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/NATRES/RS_FAQtidepools.shtml |archive-date=June 29, 2009 }}</ref>  The [[Heceta Head Light]]house, located {{convert|13|mi|km}} south of Yachats, holds a Victorian Christmas Open House each December.  Besides the usual guided tours of the historic lighthouse, the [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne style]] keeper's house is thoroughly decorated in a [[Victorian decorative arts|Victorian manner]]. Visitors are entertained with holiday musical performances and treats.

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[Image:North Fork Yachats Covered Bridge.jpg|thumb|upright|left|North Fork Yachats Covered Bridge]]
The Little Log Church and Museum, built in 1926, originally served as an Evangelical Church and later as a Presbyterian Church. Today it is owned and managed by the City of Yachats and houses a large collection of local historical artifacts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ci.yachats.or.us/Little%20Log%20Church%20Information.htm |title=Description of Exhibits |publisher=Little Log Church of Yachats |access-date=May 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615065749/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Little%20Log%20Church%20Information.htm |archive-date=June 15, 2009 }}</ref>  It is also a popular venue for weddings, memorials, concerts, and fine arts exhibits.  Each [[Valentine's Day]], a [[wedding vow renewal ceremony]], open to any couple, is held there.

The [[North Fork of the Yachats Bridge]] is a [[covered bridge]] in the [[Yachats River]] Valley, about {{convert|9|mi|km}} east of Yachats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.com/covered_bridges/bridges/north_fork.cfm |title=Oregon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609062731/http://www.oregon.com/covered_bridges/bridges/north_fork.cfm |archive-date=June 9, 2009 }}</ref> It was completed, at a cost of $1,500, in 1938 and was the last bridge of veteran bridge builder Otis Hamer.  A replica was constructed on the site in 1989, and again a replica was completely reconstructed in 2014 at a cost of over $750,000 from approximately two-thirds federal and one-third local tax dollars in the public interest of tourism. It features the [[King post|queen-post truss]] style found in few covered bridges today and has ribbon openings under the roof to provide light to the bridge's center.  Its span is {{convert|42|ft|m}} long, making it one of the shortest covered bridges in the Pacific Northwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/publicworks/yachats_bridge.html |title=Yachats Bridge |publisher=Public Works Dept. of Lincoln County |access-date=May 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718165022/http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/publicworks/yachats_bridge.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> Parking and turnaround past the bridge remains obstructed by an adjacent resident, due to ongoing protest of road legalization which established that area NW of the bridge as the current terminus of County Rd. 805.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lincoln County Commissioners "legalize" road that runs through North Yachats River covered bridge and beyond. {{!}} News Lincoln County|url=https://www.newslincolncounty.com/archives/113282|access-date=2020-09-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>04-30-14_minutes.pdf - Lincoln County Commissioners, https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/board_of_commissioners/meeting/1641/04-30-14_minutes.pdf</ref>

[[Image:Yachats 804 Trail - 1892.jpg|thumb|Yachats 804 Trail in 1892. Shell midden is in foreground, Horizon Hill is in background.]]
At one time, the Yachats 804 Trail was part of the major "thoroughfare" running between Yachats and [[Alsea Bay]] in [[Waldport, Oregon|Waldport]], {{convert|8|mi|km}} to the north.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.overleaflodge.com/Overleaf_Lodge/Outdoor_Activities/Hiking/ |title=Oregon Coast Hiking Trails - Overleaf Lodge |access-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229022434/http://www.overleaflodge.com/Overleaf_Lodge/Outdoor_Activities/Hiking/ |archive-date=December 29, 2008 }}</ref>  For many centuries it was used by Native Americans traveling between the bay and the Yachats River (but only during low tide).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yachats.info/history/map2.htm| title=804 Trail | publisher=J. Kittel and S. Curtis | access-date=May 26, 2009 }}</ref>  Later it was called County Road 804 when it was used for carriage and buggy traffic from the late 19th century until U.S. Highway 101 was built in the 1930s.<ref name="co.lincoln.or.us">{{cite web|url=http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/804/ |title=The Story of County Road 804: Lincoln County, Newport, Oregon |access-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210034544/http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/804/ |archive-date=February 10, 2009 }}</ref> The historic trail is a footpath that provides views of crashing surf, tidal pools, and native vegetation.<ref name="co.lincoln.or.us" />  Part of the [[Oregon Coast Trail]] system, it is maintained by the [[Oregon Parks and Recreation Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonstateparkstrust.org/OurWork/Coast/yachats |title=Yachats Trail — Oregon State Parks Trust|access-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724180105/http://oregonstateparkstrust.org/OurWork/Coast/yachats |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }}</ref>  It extends {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} north from a public parking area in Smelt Sands State Recreation Area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oregoncoastguide.com/Flash/cities/yachats.htm | title=Yachats |work=Oregon Coast Guide | access-date=May 26, 2009 }}</ref>

The sanctuary of the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church is lighted by six windows featuring gold-hued panes made of [[agate]]s collected from the local beaches.  The area of these windows totals {{convert|217|sqft|m2|0}}.  They are believed to be the world's only windows made of agate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/special/discovery/10834477-41/story.csp | title=Anchor Coast Outing at Tiny, Charming Yachats | work=The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR | access-date=May 28, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626004004/http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/special/discovery/10834477-41/story.csp | archive-date=June 26, 2009 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The Yachats Commons was built in the 1930s and used as a school until 1983.  In 1990, the building was bought by the city to serve as a community center.  It now houses the city government offices and hosts a wide variety of events, including monthly free movie nights, play readings and drum circles (open to the public), seniors' luncheons, and concerts of the Yachats Big Band<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.geocities.com/yhtsbgbnd/ | title=Yachats Big Band| access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724055608/http://geocities.com/yhtsbgbnd/|archive-date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> (with ballroom dancing).  Periodically, concerts by the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.occo.ws/ | title=Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra| access-date=July 26, 2009 }}</ref> and plays, musicals, and revues by One of Us Productions are performed on the stage in the large auditorium, and a number of art and craft shows are held at the Commons as well.  From May through October the Commons is the site of the outdoor Yachats Farmers Market.

[[Image:Yachats Bed Turning.jpg|thumb|The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsored "Stitching Stories," a regional quilt festival held in the Yachats Commons in 2011.]] The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsors numerous educational and entertainment events, most of which are held at the Commons.  Presentations include speakers, films, workshops, exhibitions, and seminars on various topics relating to art, science and the humanities.

The Commons also serves as the venue for premieres of locally filmed movies.  The Yachats International Film Festival is devoted to the filming and showing of such films as ''Ghoul from the Tidal Pool''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1651078/combined | title = Ghoul from the Tidal Pool| publisher = The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)| access-date =September 18, 2010}}</ref>  A feature-length, tongue-in-cheek version of the 1950s horror movie genre, this film was made by an all-amateur production team of writers, actors, and crew.  The star of the film is local youth Jordan Ostrum.

The Yachats Public Library<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Library%20Description.htm |title=Yachats Public Library |access-date=July 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627071352/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/Library%20Description.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2009 }}</ref> hosts a perpetual exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photographs by the Yachats Arts Guild.  The exhibited works are changed every few weeks.  Also, the library houses the Yachats Seed Bank, a repository of vegetable seeds offered free to gardeners. The Seed Bank displays a wide selection of cookbooks, gardening manuals, and guides for developing community sustainability.   In addition, the library provides high speed Internet access over its [[Wi-Fi]] connection.  Computers are available to the public during regular hours.  Library cards are free and visitors can check out books while they vacation in Yachats.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Spouting gray whale Yachats, OR (8008163164).jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A [[gray whale]] swims offshore near Yachats.]]
The Yachats area is home to a rich variety of plant and animal life.  Its natural history affords the study of [[Marine (ocean)|marine]], [[montane]], and [[Riparian zone|riparian]] [[Community (ecology)|ecological communities]] and their complex interactions.  The following natural attractions are dedicated to the protection, study, and exposition of the plants and wildlife of the central Oregon coast.

The [[Siuslaw National Forest]] borders Yachats on the east and consists of over {{convert|630000|acre|km2|sp=us|disp=or}} (about five-eighths the area of the state of [[Rhode Island]]) extending from [[Coos Bay]] in the south to [[Tillamook, Oregon|Tillamook]] in the north.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/about/
 | title = About Us
 | publisher = US Forest Service, Siuslaw National Forest
 | access-date =May 5, 2009
}}</ref>  The forest has numerous hiking trails, including those through the virgin stands of [[Sitka spruce]], [[western hemlock]], and [[Douglas-fir|Douglas fir]] in the [[Cummins Creek Wilderness|Cummins Creek]] and [[Rock Creek Wilderness]] areas a few miles south of Yachats.  Another network of hiking trails north of Yachats leads to summits such as those of [[Cannibal Mountain]] and [[Burnt Timber Mountain]].

The Siuslaw National Forest features [[Cape Perpetua]], located about {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} south of Yachats.  Named by [[James Cook|Captain James Cook]] on March 7, 1778, this promontory rises to {{convert|803|ft|m}} above sea level, making it the highest point on the Oregon coast.<ref>{{cite news
| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/21/TRVG12SI3N.DTL&hw=tide&sn=008&sc=311
| title=Cape Perpetua's stunning views of Oregon coast
| work=San Francisco Chronicle
| access-date=May 30, 2009
| first=Danny
| last=Palmerlee
| date=September 21, 2008
}}</ref> Its West Shelter observation point is a popular site for watching migrating [[gray whale]]s.  At the foot of the cape, the power of the waves has carved a rugged inlet called the [[Devils Churn|Devil's Churn]]. Around on the north slope of the cape, the privately owned and operated Cleft of the Rock Lighthouse is visible from the U.S. 101 Highway.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/getaways/319467_oregon14.html |title=Cape Perpetua offers coastal forest hikes, beach wandering and stunning scenery |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=May 31, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

[[File:Lights of Yachats.jpg|thumb|left|The lights of Yachats as seen from across the estuary]]
[[Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site]] is located on the south side of the mouth of the Yachats River.  It forms a {{convert|1|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} strip on the bank overlooking the river's estuary and the ocean.  Picnic tables are available and a stairway leads down to the beach on the north end of the park.  At Agate Cove on the south end of the park, waves crashing against the basalt rocks provide spectacular spouts from blow holes.<ref name="oceanrd">{{cite web
 | url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_132.php
 | title=Ocean Road State Park
 | publisher=Oregon State Parks
 | access-date=May 23, 2009
}}</ref>

[[Yachats State Recreation Area]] is a day use only park located on the north side of the mouth of the Yachats River.  It includes a viewing deck jutting out from the headlands {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} west of downtown Yachats.  It offers viewing of whales and other wildlife, tide pools, kite flying, fishing, and picnicking.  Restrooms are available.<ref name="recarea">{{cite web
 | url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_133.php
 | title=Yachats State Recreation Area
 | publisher=Oregon State Parks
 | access-date=May 23, 2009
}}</ref>

[[Smelt Sands State Recreation Site]] is a beach located on the northern edge of Yachats.  At one time large numbers of [[Smelts|smelt]] (a small relative of the salmon) came ashore here during annual runs.  These runs have diminished in recent years.  The beach can be reached by walking the historic 804 Trail, {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} each way, from the parking area to the south end of the park.  In January 2013, the Coastal Safety Marker was installed in Smelt Sands State Park to remind visitors about the danger of sneaker waves.  The marker tells the story of two high school seniors from Eugene, Oregon, who were hit by a [[sneaker wave]] and drowned here on February 5, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sehscoastalmarker.org|title=... - Coastal Safety Marker|access-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201221133/http://www.sehscoastalmarker.org/|archive-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="parks">{{cite web
 | url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_128.php
 | title=Smelt Sands
 | publisher=Oregon State Parks
 | access-date=May 23, 2009
}}</ref>

[[Image:Yachats Community Park.jpg|thumb|right|Boardwalk over wetlands in the Yachats Community Park]]
Yachats Community Park is a restored marshland in the city's center. The park's boardwalks and paths present a wide variety of native plants and wildlife, including a preserved spruce forest. Migrating waterfowl visit the [[wetland]]s regularly, and [[osprey]]s nest on platforms provided especially for them. The park includes a picnic shelter, peace garden, tree house, and benches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yachats Community Park |url=http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/special/Yachats_Park_Brochure-sm.pdf |publisher=City of Yachats |access-date=February 15, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219005445/http://www.ci.yachats.or.us/special/Yachats_Park_Brochure-sm.pdf |archive-date=December 19, 2015 }}</ref>

Gerdemann Botanical Preserve is a {{convert|3.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} native woodland on the northern edge of Yachats and the western edge of the Siuslaw National Forest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gerdemanngarden.org|title=風俗の庭}}</ref>  The garden contains and preserves the botanical collection of horticulturalists James and Janice Gerdemann.  Among the native Sitka spruce, western hemlock and wildflowers, the garden is a unique experimental outdoor laboratory, featuring a great many exotic species such as [[Honeybush|South African honeybush]], New Zealand and Tasmanian [[Cyatheales|tree ferns]], Chinese fig hazel,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoytarboretum.org/trees_plants/hoyt-arboretum-plant-inventory/species%20report%20(stachyrus-zelkovaz).pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820054200/http://www.hoytarboretum.org/trees_plants/hoyt-arboretum-plant-inventory/species%20report%20%28stachyrus-zelkovaz%29.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Chinese|archivedate=August 20, 2008}}</ref> Australian [[Grevillia]], and Chilean [[Embothrium|flame]] and lantern trees.  Today the garden is dedicated to botanical research and education.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.oregoncoasttoday.com/gerdemanngarden.html 
 |title=Woodland Wonders 
 |work=Oregon Coast Today 
 |access-date=June 3, 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128083929/http://oregoncoasttoday.com/gerdemanngarden.html 
 |archive-date=November 28, 2010 
}}</ref>

Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary is a {{convert|216|acre|km2|adj=on}} reserve {{convert|7|mi|km}} south of Yachats.<ref name="Audubon Society"/> This protected stand of Sitka spruce and western hemlock is home to the federally listed species of [[marbled murrelet]] and [[northern spotted owl]] as well as other species such as the [[Roosevelt elk]], [[black-tailed deer]], [[cougar]], [[American black bear|black bear]], and [[bald eagle]]. Ten Mile Creek has runs of [[rainbow trout|steelhead trout]], [[Chinook salmon]], and threatened [[coho salmon]]. The sanctuary is under the management of the [[National Audubon Society|Audubon Society]], and offers extensive educational programs in addition to its conservation efforts.<ref name="Audubon Society">{{cite web | url=http://www.audubonportland.org/sanctuaries/tenmile
 | title=Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary | publisher=Audubon Society of Portland | access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref>

==Government==
Yachats has a [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] form of government, including a mayor and four councilors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newportnewstimes.com/article/yachats-council-names-manager |title=Yachats council names manager |publisher=Newport News-Times }}</ref> The positions are non-partisan and unpaid; the mayor serves a two-year term and the councilors serve four-year terms.<ref name=handbook>{{Cite web|url=https://yachatsoregon.org/Documents/Download/citizen_handbook.pdf|title=Yachats Citizen's Handbook}}</ref> The city has four commissions: The Planning Commission, The Public Works and Streets Commission, The Library Commission, and The Parks and Commons Commission.<ref name=handbook/>

==Education==
Yachats is served by the [[Lincoln County School District (Oregon)|Lincoln County School District]].<ref name=OEDD/> Kindergarten through eighth grade students attend Crestview Heights School in Waldport, and ninth through twelfth grade students attend [[Waldport High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincoln.k12.or.us/Files/BdRpt5-9-06.pdf |title=Discussion on Name Change, Waldport Elementary/Middle School |work=Board Report |publisher=Lincoln County School District |date=May 9, 2006 |access-date=June 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718165426/http://www.lincoln.k12.or.us/Files/BdRpt5-9-06.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref><ref name= CoCEdu>{{cite web |url= http://www.yachats.org/services.html#Education |title= Business, Community & Government Services: Schools |publisher= Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce |access-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> The closest colleges are [[Oregon Coast Community College]] in Newport (with a branch in Waldport) and [[Lane Community College]] in Florence.<ref name=CoCEdu/>

==Media==
Published monthly, ''The Yachats Gazette'' provides hardcopy and online community news, including interviews and features about local people, businesses and attractions.<ref name= CoCNM>{{cite web |url= http://www.yachats.org/services.html#Media |title= Business, Community & Government Services: News & Media |publisher= Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce |access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> Two other publications cover the Yachats area: the ''[[South Lincoln County News]]'' and the ''[[News-Times (Newport)|Newport News-Times]]''.<ref name=OEDD/> No radio or television stations are located in the Yachats area.

==Infrastructure==
Yachats is on [[U.S. Route 101 in Oregon|U.S. Route 101]].<ref name=OEDD/> Renovation of Highway 101 shoulders in 2017 has caused some problems,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-31|title=Some problem curbs in downtown Yachats could get changed -- but it could be a year or two away and quite costly • YachatsNews.com|url=https://yachatsnews.com/some-problem-curbs-in-downtown-yachats-could-get-changed-but-it-could-be-a-year-or-two-away-and-very-expensive/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=YachatsNews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> and due to pedestrian ability to stop traffic at will some local residents have dubbed Yachats "the biggest little traffic jam on the Oregon coast." The closest airport is [[Wakonda Beach State Airport]] R33, a {{Convert|2000 x 30|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} grass airstrip near Waldport.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AirNav: R33 - Wakonda Beach State Airport|url=https://airnav.com/airport/R33|access-date=2020-09-18|website=airnav.com}}</ref> Yachats has no rail service, but local bus transportation is provided by Lincoln County Transit.<ref name=OEDD/>

The City of Yachats provides water and sewer services.<ref name=handbook/> Drinking water comes from Salmon and Reedy creeks.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/dwp/docs/swasummary/pws00966.pdf |title= Source Water Assessment Summary Brochure: City of Yachats |publisher= [[Oregon Department of Environmental Quality]] |access-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> Electricity is provided by Central Lincoln Public Utility District and telephone service by [[Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oregon)|Pioneer Telephone Cooperative]].<ref name=handbook/> Solid waste disposal and cable are provided by private businesses.<ref name=handbook/>

The closest hospitals are [[Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital]] in Newport and [[Peace Harbor Hospital]] in Florence.<ref name=OEDD/>  Health care is available in [[Waldport, Oregon|Waldport]] at Waldport Family Medical Center, Samaritan (Waldport) Clinic, and Waldport Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://oregoncoastbiz.net/communities/waldport.html| title=Waldport| access-date=December 23, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322232213/http://oregoncoastbiz.net/communities/waldport.html| archive-date=March 22, 2010| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Yachats Rural Fire District has three fire stations.<ref name=OEDD/><ref name=handbook/> Law enforcement is provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department and the [[Oregon State Police]].<ref name=handbook/>

==See also==
*[[Cleft of the Rock Light]]house

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://yachatsoregon.org/ City of Yachats official website]

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