Sprague River, Oregon

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For other places with the same name, see Sprague River.
Sprague River
Unincorporated community
Sprague River is located in Oregon
Sprague River
Sprague River
Location within the state of Oregon
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Country United States
State Oregon
County Klamath
Elevation[1] 4,354 ft (1,327 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 97639
Area code(s) 541
GNIS feature ID 1150145

Sprague River is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Klamath Falls near the Sprague River, northwest of Oregon Route 140.

Climate

Sprague River has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system.

Climate data for Sprague
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)
Average high °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)
Average low °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
(64.8)		 1.72
(43.7)		 1.69
(42.9)		 1
(30)		 1.14
(29)		 0.86
(21.8)		 0.41
(10.4)		 0.56
(14.2)		 0.66
(16.8)		 1.17
(29.7)		 2.24
(56.9)		 2.5
(64)		 16.49
(418.8)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 10.2
(25.9)		 6.9
(17.5)		 5.3
(13.5)		 1.5
(3.8)		 0.3
(0.8)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0.3
(0.8)		 5.4
(13.7)		 9.9
(25.1)		 39.9
(101.3)
Average precipitation days 10 9 9 7 6 5 2 3 3 5 10 10 79
Source: [2]


History

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.[3] His name was applied to the river by 1864, and perhaps earlier.[3] The Klamath name for the stream was Plai or Plaikni Koke.[3] Koke was the generic word for "river" and plai meant the river came from upper or higher country.[3] Sprague River post office, named after the stream, was established September 14, 1923, with Benjamin E. Wolford as the first postmaster.[3] There was an earlier post office named Sprague River much farther east and upstream of the current community.[3] The Oregon, California and Eastern Railway had a station nearby.[3] The former rail line is now the OC&E Woods Line State Trail.

At one time there was a sawmill and a box factory in the community.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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