-
Our Community
-
- Welcome to Scappoose City Overview City Vision Statement Scappoose History Library Scappoose Schools Read the City Newsletter Annual Town Meeting Earth Day 2023
- Community Enhancement Program Watts House Business Directory Sidewalk Repair Program Flood & Floodplain Information Scappoose Drainage Improvement Company Wildwood Golf Course Scappoose Bay Marina
- Parks & Recreation Parks and Recreation Pool Cost and Pool Fund Information Historical Walking Tour Public Transportation Parks Master Plan 2022 50-Year Plan Elections Information Helpful Resources
-
-
Doing Business
-
-
Local Incentives
Enterprise Zone
Energy Efficiency
Columbia Economic Team
State Incentives
Business Oregon
State Tax Credits
Energy Tax Credits & Incentive Programs
State Environmental Tax Credits
Searchable Developable Lands Maps - Workforce Training & Recruitment Area Higher Education Workforce Training & Development City Demographics Forms and Licenses Forms, Licenses & Applications Utility Billing Vacant Property Information Business Licenses Business Directory Scappoose Columbia County Open Bids and RFPs
- Starting and Operating a Business in Scappoose Community Development Center General Requirements for Commercial & Industrial Development Urban Renewal Urban Renewal Grant Program
-
Local Incentives
Enterprise Zone
Energy Efficiency
Columbia Economic Team
State Incentives
Business Oregon
State Tax Credits
Energy Tax Credits & Incentive Programs
State Environmental Tax Credits
-
-
Your Government
-
-
City Hall
Budgets, Audits, & Fees
Business Licenses
Forms, Permits & Applications
Local Fuel Tax
SDC Information
Utility Information
Municipal Code and More City Charter Council Goals 2024 Master Plans Municipal Code Ordinances Proclamations Resolutions - Departments City Hall Community Development Center   Building   Engineering   Planning Economic Development Municipal Court Police   Crime Statistics Public Works   Parks and Recreation
- City Council Meet Your Councilors Public Meetings, Agendas, Minutes & Recordings Committees & Commissions
-
City Hall
Budgets, Audits, & Fees
Business Licenses
Forms, Permits & Applications
Local Fuel Tax
SDC Information
Utility Information
-
-
I Want To
-
- Apply For Business License Planning Permit Engineering Permit Building Permit Make a Payment Online Payments Reserve a Park Park Reservations Report a Street Light Out Report by Clicking Here Local Business Directory Business Directory
-
Find
Forms, Permits, and Applications
Bids & RFPs
Pay My Water Bill
Turn on/off my water Volunteer Applications for Committees Get Involved! in your community
Subscribe to the City Newsletter - View City Maps City Calendar Land Use & Development Code Municipal Code Utility Information Start a Business Starting and Operating a Business in Scappoose Local Incentives State Incentives Workforce Training & Recruitment Brochure
-
Protect the Floodplain
Floodplains are a natural component of the City of Scappoose environment. Floodplains are scenic, serve as valued wildlife habitats, and are suitable for farming. Flooding in streams is a natural process. Vegetation serves as a natural filter, trapping sediments and capturing pollutants; it also anchors stream banks, reducing bank erosion and providing shade, which helps reduce water temperatures. Here are some suggestions to support natural floodplains functions:
Preserve and restore native vegetation and trees to reduce flood damage
Recognizing the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains can help to reduce flooding.
Keep it clear, keep it clean
Keep storm drains, ditches, and waterways clean from debris and pollutants to reduce damage from floods.
Dumping or debris
If you see dumping or debris in ditches, creeks, or drains, contact the Public Works Department at 503-543-8404.
Benefits of Healthy Floodplains
Maintaining or protecting the Floodplains benefits to people and nature.
Flood Protection
Floodplains provide a river more room as it rises, thereby reducing pressure on man made flood protection structures, like levees and dams. Learn more about protecting floodplain resources from fema.gov.
Improved Water Quality
When inundated with water, floodplains act as natural filters, removing excess sediment and nutrients, which can degrade water quality and increase treatment costs. Degradation of water quality due to the loss of floodplain habitat can be noted along smaller rivers and at-scale at large river basins. At the largest of scales are hypoxic or “Dead” zones, which are areas in bays or gulfs where little life exists due to excess nutrients carried by rivers.
Recharged Aquifers
Outside of a river’s main channel, water flow is slowed and has more time to seep into the ground where it can replenish underground water sources (or aquifers), which serve as a primary source of water for many communities and which are critical for irrigation that grows much of the world’s crops.
Improved Wildlife Habitat
Floodplains are home to some of the most biologically rich habitats on Earth. They provide spawning grounds for fish and critical areas of rest and foraging for migrating waterfowl and birds.
Recreational Industries
Many outdoor recreational activities – like fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, wildlife watching and boating – are made possible by or greatly enhanced by the natural processes of rivers and healthy floodplains. Combined, these recreational activities account for billions of dollars in economic activity in the United States and are important sources of income for most nations around the globe.