Sprague River, Oregon
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Chiloquin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97639. The Survey maps it on the Sprague River West quadrangle. 80 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,354 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1889 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Swan Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Sprague River West quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Sprague River West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Sprague River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,394 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Klamath Unit | BONANA |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Klamath Unit | PASTURE |
| 26 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Klamath Unit | SKEEN |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Klamath Unit | WASP |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Klamath Unit | MEADOW 2 |
| 23 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | ROUND |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CHERRYWOOD 322 |
| 21 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | X |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sprague River: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Frank Gaularte Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| R. Smith Well | Geothermal | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sprague River in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Sprague River | - | Numerous thunderstorms developed over south central Oregon on this date. A member of the public submitted a video that showed what appeared to be a funnel cloud possibly briefly coming in contact with the ground. The video location and time was determined by radar data. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hildebrand | 11.0 miles | 20 | |
| Beatty | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Yonna | 13.1 miles | 20 | |
| Dairy | 15.2 miles | 18 | |
| Barkley (historical) | 17.0 miles | 19 | |
| Algoma | 18.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bonanza | 18.5 miles | 18 | |
| Shady Pine | 18.8 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sprague River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474127 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1150145. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







