Attempting to reclaim the title, the people of Lincoln City submitted a new measurement to Guinness of about 120 feet (37 m) marked at "extreme high tide".

[6] At that time, Lincoln City's Chamber of Commerce described the Roe as a "drainage ditch surveyed for a school project".

Montana supporters shot back that the D was merely an "ocean water backup," pointed out that there was an alternative fork to the Roe which was only 30 feet (9.1 m) long, and suggested that a new survey be conducted.

[7] Guinness apparently never ruled on the dispute, leaving the claim by the Roe to stand, but instead, starting in 2006, chose to no longer list the shortest river, possibly because of this ongoing dispute.

The D River State Recreation Site off Highway 101 is home to two of the world's largest kite festivals in the summer and fall.