Sprague River, Oregon
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| Coordinates: 42°27′20″N 121°30′11″W / 42.45556°N 121.50306°W / 42.45556; -121.50306 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Klamath |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.47 sq mi (1.21 km2) |
| • Land | 0.47 sq mi (1.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,354 ft (1,327 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 80 |
| • Density | 170.94/sq mi (66.05/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code |
97639
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| Area code | 541 |
| FIPS code | 41-69400 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1150145 |
Sprague River is an unincorporated communityinKlamath County, Oregon, United States.[2] It is about 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Klamath Falls near the Sprague River, northwest of Oregon Route 140.[4]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 80 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5][3] | |||
The Sprague River was named for Captain Franklin B. Sprague, who participated in the Snake and Paiute Indian wars, and was in command of Fort Klamath in 1866.[6] His name was applied to the river by 1864, and perhaps earlier.[6] The Klamath name for the stream was PlaiorPlaikni Koke.[6] Koke was the generic word for "river" and plai meant the river came from upper or higher country.[6] Sprague River post office, named after the stream, was established September 14, 1923, with Benjamin E. Wolford as the first postmaster.[6] There was an earlier post office named Sprague River farther east and upstream of the current community, at the site of the current town of Bly, Oregon[6]
Sprague River had a station on the Oregon, California and Eastern Railway,[6] which by 1927 reached from Klamath FallstoBly.[7] A 1941 timetable lists Sprague River as the 12th stop east of Klamath Falls between East Switch Back and Beatty.[8] After 1990, the rail line near Sprague River became part of a rail trail, the OC&E Woods Line State Trail, managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.[7]
At one time there was a sawmill in Sprague River, which shut down in 1943. There was also a box factory.[9]
Sprague River has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system.
| Climate data for Sprague | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 59 (15) |
67 (19) |
80 (27) |
83 (28) |
94 (34) |
99 (37) |
102 (39) |
104 (40) |
101 (38) |
90 (32) |
72 (22) |
65 (18) |
104 (40) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 39.1 (3.9) |
44.4 (6.9) |
49.6 (9.8) |
57.6 (14.2) |
66.8 (19.3) |
75.1 (23.9) |
84.5 (29.2) |
83.8 (28.8) |
76.8 (24.9) |
65 (18) |
48.1 (8.9) |
39.7 (4.3) |
60.9 (16.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 16.7 (−8.5) |
20.4 (−6.4) |
23.4 (−4.8) |
26 (−3) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
37.5 (3.1) |
41.5 (5.3) |
39.7 (4.3) |
32.4 (0.2) |
25.9 (−3.4) |
22.9 (−5.1) |
17.4 (−8.1) |
28 (−2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −27 (−33) |
−24 (−31) |
−13 (−25) |
7 (−14) |
12 (−11) |
12 (−11) |
20 (−7) |
18 (−8) |
10 (−12) |
4 (−16) |
−23 (−31) |
−32 (−36) |
−32 (−36) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.55 (65) |
1.72 (44) |
1.69 (43) |
1 (25) |
1.14 (29) |
0.86 (22) |
0.41 (10) |
0.56 (14) |
0.66 (17) |
1.17 (30) |
2.24 (57) |
2.5 (64) |
16.49 (419) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 10.2 (26) |
6.9 (18) |
5.3 (13) |
1.5 (3.8) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
5.4 (14) |
9.9 (25) |
39.9 (101) |
| Average precipitation days | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 79 |
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