Nesika Beach, OR Coastal Erosion Rate
Shoreline change 6.7 miles north of Nesika Beach, OR
The coast 6.7 miles north of Nesika Beach, OR shows no statistically significant trend either way. USGS's transects measured a rate here, but it's smaller than the survey's own margin of error for this stretch, so calling it "eroding" or "growing" would overstate what the data actually shows.
What "Nesika Beach" means on this page
Nothing here is parcel-level. USGS's raw transects run every few hundred feet along the shore; this page averages the ones nearest Nesika Beach, OR into one ~3.5-mile reading rather than picking a single arbitrary line to represent the area. Centered near 42.60°N, 124.39°W. Survey years: 2002-2011, method LRR, from USGS's Pacific Northwest shoreline-change assessment. That's how current the data is here, real, but not a live feed, since a shoreline survey is a major undertaking, not an annual check-in.
Where this fits nationally
25 transects feed this segment's number; 72% of them individually measured retreat. Uncertainty on this specific number: 1.23 ft/yr either side. Taken at face value, this segment's raw -0.48 ft/yr reading would land it 303 of 1211 nationally - a number worth ignoring, since it's statistical noise rather than a real trend. Source: USGS Open-File Report 2012-1008. Rank 1198 nationally for growth belongs to Ilwaco, WA, 256 miles from this stretch, measured at 5.01 ft/yr. 3.2 miles up the coast, Port Orford, OR shows the same lack of a significant trend.
One address near Nesika Beach: the Coastal Change Hazards Portal zooms past this stretch to the underlying map.