Pothole Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Lacamas Creek in Clark County, Washington, in the Willamette Valley region. It lies about 0.8 miles north of Camas and roughly 7.1 miles north of Gresham as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 851st of 941. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a plunge character.
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. Lacamas Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
Clark County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Falls, a 30-foot slide cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Woodburn Falls, a 20-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Smith Creek Falls, is about 6.7 miles away across the state line in Oregon.
Pothole Falls is located at 45.5983° N, 122.4016° 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.