The Pudding River is a tributary of the Molalla River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Its headwaters are in the Waldo Hills east of Salem. After emerging from the hills, it becomes a slow meandering stream, passing through a region of fertile agricultural lands in the lower Willamette Valley. Two forks of the Pudding join between the cities of Silverton and Mt. Angel, at , as the river continues its course northward where it receives Abiqua Creek from the right at about northwest of Silverton. North of Mt. Angel, Butte Creek, which comes down from the Cascade Range foothills past Scotts Mills, empties into the Pudding River at . The river continues northward past the town of Aurora. For most of its course, it defines part of the boundary between Marion and Clackamas Counties.

It is approximately long and drains an area of approximately . Its tributaries include the Little Pudding River.

The Pudding River flows into the Molalla River, at , just before the Molalla joins the Willamette River, in a floodplain that is part of the Molalla River State Park, an important habitat for wildlife in the Willamette Valley.

See also

• List of Oregon rivers

References

External links

• Pudding River Watershed Council
• NOAA hydrology site for the Pudding River at Aurora
• Oregon Department of Transportation Photographs:
  • Pudding River Bridge at Aurora
  • Covered Bridge near Barlow

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