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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.

Sprague River within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural33
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath UnitBONANA
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitPASTURE
26 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreKlamath UnitSKEEN
26 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreKlamath UnitWASP
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath UnitMEADOW 2
23 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestROUND
21 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCHERRYWOOD 322
21 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestX

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Frank Gaularte WellGeothermalProducer
R. Smith WellGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Klamath County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hildebrand11.0 miles20
Beatty12.4 miles20
Yonna13.1 miles20
Dairy15.2 miles18
Barkley (historical)17.0 miles19
Algoma18.1 miles18
Bonanza18.5 miles18
Shady Pine18.8 miles18

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 RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474127The 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.