Drift Creek Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on East Fork Drift Creek in Marion County, Oregon, in the Willamette Valley region. It lies about 6.3 miles northeast of Sublimity and roughly 16.4 miles east of Salem as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 260th of 425. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Willamette Valley is a broad, flat agricultural lowland between the Coast Range and the Cascades, with oak savanna and Douglas fir on its margins. Waterfalls occur mostly on the valley’s edges, where tributaries drop off the surrounding foothills.
Marion County holds 104 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lisp Falls, 5 feet high, is about 1.4 miles away. Sunlight Falls, 5 feet high, is about 1.6 miles away. Canyon Falls, 10 feet high, is about 1.6 miles away.
Drift Creek Falls is located at 44.8965° N, 122.7057° 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.