Sprague River, Oregon
| Sprague River | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Sprague River Location within the state of Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 42°27′20″N 121°30′11″W / 42.45556°N 121.50306°WCoordinates: 42°27′20″N 121°30′11″W / 42.45556°N 121.50306°W | |
| 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 2 "Sprague River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ↑ "SPRAGUE RIVER 2 SE, OR (358007)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 904. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ↑ Lamm, W.E. (c. 1944), Lumbering in Klamath (PDF) (Pamphlet), p. 20
External links
- Sprague River Online (community Website)
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