Upper Sru Creek Falls is a 59-foot waterfall on Sru Creek in Coos County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 24.1 miles east of Port Orford and roughly 64.3 miles northwest of Medford as the crow flies.
At 59 feet it is taller than the typical Oregon waterfall of about 54 feet, ranking 206th of 425 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 42 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. Sru Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Upper Sru Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Coos County holds 82 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Sru Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Drowned Out Creek Falls, a 34-foot tiered cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Coquille River Falls, a 115-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away.
Upper Sru Creek Falls is located at 42.7131° N, 124.0242° 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.