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The elevation is 4,094 feet (1,248 m). ... The Klamath Falls area is a high desert and features a climate with cold, ... Climate data for Klamath Falls, Oregon (1991 ...
Map of Klamath County A panoramic view of Klamath County, Oregon, with Klamath Lake in the background. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,136 square miles (15,890 km 2), of which 5,941 square miles (15,390 km 2) is land and 194 square miles (500 km 2), or 3.2%, is water. [5]
The Pumice Plateau is the largest of the Eastern Cascades subregions, covering 4,236 square miles (10,970 km 2) in Oregon between Bend and Klamath Falls. It contains extensive areas within the Deschutes and Fremont-Winema National Forests (including the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness) and the lower elevations of the Newberry National Volcanic ...
Altamont is located in southern Klamath County at 4,144 feet (1,263 m) above sea level. [1] It is bordered to the north and west by the city of Klamath Falls, the county seat . Oregon Route 39 passes through the center of the community as South 6th Street and the Crater Lake Parkway, while Oregon Route 140 (Southside Expressway) runs along the ...
Upper Klamath Lake is the largest remnant of Lake Modoc, a giant pluvial lake that existed in the region until about 10,000 years ago. At its largest, Lake Modoc covered over 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2), joining Upper Klamath, Lower Klamath, and Tule Lakes, as well as all of the major wetlands in the upper Klamath River basin, into a contiguous body of water.
Hunter Hill Summit, elevation 4,205 feet (1,282 m) Summer Lake: 69.12: Fremont Memorial historical marker: 69.09: Summer Lake Safety Rest Area 62.95: Picture Rock Pass Summit, elevation 4,830 feet (1,470 m) Fort Rock Junction: 28.97: Fort Rock historical marker: Deschutes 0.00: US 97 – Crescent, Klamath Falls, La Pine, Bend
Elevation varies from 1,400 to 4,000 feet (427 to 1,219 m). The driest area, east of Medford, is dominated by Oregon white oak and California black oak woodlands, grassland-savanna, ponderosa pine, and Coast Douglas-fir. The wetter foothills flanking the Illinois Valley support Coast douglas-fir, pacific madrone, and California incense-cedar.
The accounting unit of the Klamath Watershed is 180102 and includes twelve 8-digit Hydrologic Units (HUCs) covering 9.4 million acres. [19] In the 2000 census, about 114,000 people were estimated to be living within the Klamath Watershed. The largest population centers include Klamath Falls, Oregon (19,462) and Yreka, California (7,290). [20]