Sprague River | |
Name Etymology: | Capt. F.B. Sprague, commander of Fort Klamath in 1866[1] |
Map: | Wpdms shdrlfi020l sprague river.jpg |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Sprague River in Oregon |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type4: | County |
Subdivision Name4: | Klamath |
Discharge1 Location: | 1miles northeast of Chiloquin, 5.4miles from mouth[2] |
Discharge1 Min: | 50cuft/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 580cuft/s[3] |
Discharge1 Max: | 14900cuft/s |
Source1: | Confluence of the Sprague River's north and south forks |
Source1 Location: | near Bly, Klamath County, Oregon |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.4378°N -121.1094°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 4325feet[4] |
Mouth: | Williamson River |
Mouth Location: | Chiloquin, Klamath County, Oregon |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.5711°N -121.8744°W[5] |
Mouth Elevation: | 4163feet |
Basin Size: | 1565sqmi |
The Sprague River is a tributary of the Williamson River, approximately 75miles long, in southwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains an arid volcanic plateau region east of the Cascade Range in the watershed of the Klamath River.
It is formed by the confluence of its north and south forks in eastern Klamath County, approximately 35miles east-northeast of Klamath Falls at 42.4377°N -121.1094°W. The North Fork Sprague River, 30miles, rises in southwestern Lake County in the Fremont National Forest near Gearhart Mountain at 42.5288°N -120.8183°W and flows southwest. The South Fork Sprague River, 30miles, rises northeast of Quartz Mountain Pass at 42.4815°N -120.7869°W and flows west-northwest. The combined stream flows west through the broad Sprague Valley, past the small communities of Bly, Beatty, and Sprague River. It joins the Williamson from the east at Chiloquin, about 10miles north of the mouth of the Williamson on Upper Klamath Lake at 42.5712°N -121.8745°W.
It receives the Sycan River from the north at Beatty. Superb trout fishing exists in the Sprague and its tributaries.