Upper Beaver Falls is a waterfall on Beaver Creek in Columbia County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 11 feet. It lies about 5.3 miles east of Clatskanie and roughly 38.3 miles northwest of Vancouver as the crow flies.
At 11 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 399th of 425. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Coast Range is a belt of steep, deeply dissected hills along the Pacific, wrapped in dense temperate rainforest of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red alder. Heavy winter rain feeds short, fast creeks lined with ferns, salmonberry and moss that drop steeply toward the ocean or the Columbia. Beaver Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 48 feet.
There are 11 recorded waterfalls in Columbia County. Beaver Falls, a 48-foot curtain waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Fall Creek Falls, is about 5.7 miles away. Stella Falls, a 51-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away across the state line in Washington.
Upper Beaver Falls is located at 46.1033° N, 123.0956° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.