Stafford Falls is a 100-foot waterfall in Tillamook County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 14.5 miles west of Banks and roughly 21.6 miles west of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Oregon’s 425 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 106th; the typical Oregon waterfall is about 54 feet. The tallest single drop is 70 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a plunge character. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
Tillamook County holds 57 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Middle Stafford Falls, 90 feet high, is under a mile away. Upper Stafford Falls, 45 feet high, is under a mile away. Waterfall 16 mi W of Banks, is about 1.2 miles away.
Stafford Falls is located at 45.6222° N, 123.4143° 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 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.