It begins in the Waldo Hills near Macleay, east of Salem, and flows generally north to meet the larger river west of Mt.

[3] The river flows northwest from near Macleay under State Street, Conifer Street Northeast, and Sunnyview Road before turning north, then northwest again and flowing under Oregon Route 213.

Downstream of this, as it flows by Hazel Green, Howell Prairie is on its right, and Lake Labish is on its left.

In the 1950s, the Natural Resources Conservation Service built Parkerville Dam and pump station on the lower Little Pudding to prevent backflow flooding.

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