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Sprague River
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyKlamath
Elevation
[1]
4,354 ft (1,327 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97639
Area code541
GNIS feature ID1150145

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)
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
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. ^ a b "Sprague River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ^ "SPRAGUE RIVER 2 SE, OR (358007)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 904. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. ^ Lamm, W.E. (c. 1944), Lumbering in Klamath (PDF) (Pamphlet), p. 20
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