Chiloquin, Oregon

Chiloquin is at an elevation of {{convert|4180|ft|m}} in Klamath County.{{cite book|title = The 2013 Road Atlas |year = 2013 |publisher = Rand McNally |location=Chicago, Illinois |pages= 84, 85|isbn=978-052-80062-2-7 }} The city is slightly east of U.S. Route 97 and slightly north of its intersection with Oregon Route 62. A short east–west highway, Oregon Route 422, links Route 97 at Chiloquin to Route 62 slightly south of Klamath Agency.{{cite book|title=Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|page=63|edition=7th|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89933-347-2}} By highway, Chiloquin is about {{convert|26|mi|km}} north of Klamath Falls and {{convert|253|mi|km|0}} south of Portland.{{cite web|title=Chiloquin Community Profile|publisher=Infrastructure Finance Authority|url=http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Chiloquin/|year=2009|access-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822163623/http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Chiloquin/|archive-date=August 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}

The Williamson River flows north–south through Chiloquin, where it receives the Sprague River from the east. The city is near the Winema National Forest, which approaches it from the east and west. Agency Lake is nearby, west of the city and slightly west of Route 62. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|0.82|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.{{cite web|title=U.S. Gazetteer: 2010, 2000, and 1990|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2013}}

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Chiloquin has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=175153&cityname=Chiloquin%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Chiloquin, Oregon] In the spring and summer, this area experiences extremely large swarms of the "Klamath Midge", Chironomus an insect family of nonbiting midges, in the fly Order Diptera. They do not present a health risk but due to their numbers - with swarms of thousands - they can clog car radiators, obscure windshields, and foul electric bug zappers to the point of shorting out. No major efforts to control their numbers have been made in Oregon, according to Oregon Encyclopedia. Klamath midge (oregonencyclopedia.org)

{{Weather box

|location = Chiloquin 12 NW, Oregon, 1991–2020 normals, 1980–2020 extremes: 4180ft (1274m)

|single line = Yes

|collapsed = Y

|Jan record high F = 62

|Feb record high F = 65

|Mar record high F = 72

|Apr record high F = 84

|May record high F = 93

|Jun record high F = 98

|Jul record high F = 102

|Aug record high F = 104

|Sep record high F = 99

|Oct record high F = 92

|Nov record high F = 72

|Dec record high F = 57

|Jan avg record high F = 49.0

|Feb avg record high F = 55.5

|Mar avg record high F = 65.1

|Apr avg record high F = 74.3

|May avg record high F = 82.3

|Jun avg record high F = 88.4

|Jul avg record high F = 93.1

|Aug avg record high F = 94.8

|Sep avg record high F = 90.0

|Oct avg record high F = 79.8

|Nov avg record high F = 63.2

|Dec avg record high F = 50.8

|year avg record high F = 96.3

|Jan high F = 39.2

|Feb high F = 44.1

|Mar high F = 50.4

|Apr high F = 56.9

|May high F = 66.4

|Jun high F = 75.0

|Jul high F = 84.9

|Aug high F = 84.3

|Sep high F = 77.5

|Oct high F = 63.9

|Nov high F = 47.9

|Dec high F = 38.9

|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 28.9

|Feb mean F = 32.9

|Mar mean F = 37.6

|Apr mean F = 42.7

|May mean F = 49.8

|Jun mean F = 56.2

|Jul mean F = 63.5

|Aug mean F = 62.4

|Sep mean F = 55.9

|Oct mean F = 45.7

|Nov mean F = 35.9

|Dec mean F = 28.9

|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 18.6

|Feb low F = 21.6

|Mar low F = 24.8

|Apr low F = 28.4

|May low F = 33.2

|Jun low F = 37.4

|Jul low F = 42.1

|Aug low F = 40.6

|Sep low F = 34.2

|Oct low F = 27.5

|Nov low F = 23.8

|Dec low F = 18.9

|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 2.4

|Feb avg record low F = 6.4

|Mar avg record low F = 12.2

|Apr avg record low F = 18.7

|May avg record low F = 23.0

|Jun avg record low F = 27.3

|Jul avg record low F = 32.8

|Aug avg record low F = 32.8

|Sep avg record low F = 25.1

|Oct avg record low F = 17.4

|Nov avg record low F = 9.0

|Dec avg record low F = 1.4

|year avg record low F = -4.3

|Jan record low F = -25

|Feb record low F = -19

|Mar record low F = -12

|Apr record low F = 12

|May record low F = 14

|Jun record low F = 21

|Jul record low F = 24

|Aug record low F = 26

|Sep record low F = 17

|Oct record low F = 7

|Nov record low F = -7

|Dec record low F = -20

|year record low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 3.78

|Feb precipitation inch = 2.25

|Mar precipitation inch = 1.94

|Apr precipitation inch = 1.42

|May precipitation inch = 1.49

|Jun precipitation inch = 0.61

|Jul precipitation inch = 0.24

|Aug precipitation inch = 0.31

|Sep precipitation inch = 0.48

|Oct precipitation inch = 1.37

|Nov precipitation inch = 2.83

|Dec precipitation inch = 4.36

|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 13.50

|Feb snow inch = 10.00

|Mar snow inch = 7.60

|Apr snow inch = 2.50

|May snow inch = 0.30

|Jun snow inch = 0.00

|Jul snow inch = 0.00

|Aug snow inch = 0.00

|Sep snow inch = 0.00

|Oct snow inch = 0.10

|Nov snow inch = 7.90

|Dec snow inch = 19.10

|year snow inch =

|Jan snow depth inch = 18

|Feb snow depth inch = 14

|Mar snow depth inch = 10

|Apr snow depth inch = 2

|May snow depth inch = 0

|Jun snow depth inch = 0

|Jul snow depth inch = 0

|Aug snow depth inch = 0

|Sep snow depth inch = 0

|Oct snow depth inch = 0

|Nov snow depth inch = 4

|Dec snow depth inch = 14

|year snow depth inch = 23

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 12.8

|Feb precipitation days = 10.5

|Mar precipitation days = 10.9

|Apr precipitation days = 9.8

|May precipitation days = 7.9

|Jun precipitation days = 4.1

|Jul precipitation days = 2.1

|Aug precipitation days = 2.6

|Sep precipitation days = 3.4

|Oct precipitation days = 7.5

|Nov precipitation days = 12.1

|Dec precipitation days = 13.8

|year precipitation days =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in

|Jan snow days = 6.2

|Feb snow days = 4.9

|Mar snow days = 4.1

|Apr snow days = 1.7

|May snow days = 0.4

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.0

|Oct snow days = 0.1

|Nov snow days = 2.3

|Dec snow days = 7.7

|year snow days =

|source 1 = NOAA

{{cite web

|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00351574&format=pdf

|title = Chiloquin 12 NW, Oregon 1991-2020 Monthly Normals

|access-date = March 13, 2024

}}

|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records, 2002-2020 monthly max/mins & snow)

{{cite web

|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = xmACIS

|access-date = March 13, 2024

}}

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{{Weather box

|location = Chiloquin

|single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

| Jan record high F = 56

| Feb record high F = 64

| Mar record high F = 72

| Apr record high F = 84

| May record high F = 93

| Jun record high F = 98

| Jul record high F = 102

| Aug record high F = 104

| Sep record high F = 99

| Oct record high F = 86

| Nov record high F = 70

| Dec record high F = 57

| year record high F = 104

| Jan high F = 37.9

| Feb high F = 42.4

| Mar high F = 49.3

| Apr high F = 56.2

| May high F = 65

| Jun high F = 73.4

| Jul high F = 82.3

| Aug high F = 82

| Sep high F = 75.2

| Oct high F = 62.9

| Nov high F = 46

| Dec high F = 37.7

| year high F = 59.2

| Jan low F = 19.2

| Feb low F = 21.1

| Mar low F = 25.7

| Apr low F = 28.9

| May low F = 33.3

| Jun low F = 38.1

| Jul low F = 42.7

| Aug low F = 41.8

| Sep low F = 35.2

| Oct low F = 28.7

| Nov low F = 24.3

| Dec low F = 19.8

| year low F = 29.9

| Jan record low F = -11

| Feb record low F = -19

| Mar record low F = -1

| Apr record low F = 12

| May record low F = 14

| Jun record low F = 23

| Jul record low F = 28

| Aug record low F = 26

| Sep record low F = 15

| Oct record low F = 0

| Nov record low F = -7

| Dec record low F = -18

| year record low F = -19 | precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation inch = 3.16

| Feb precipitation inch = 2.27

| Mar precipitation inch = 2.03

| Apr precipitation inch = 1.4

| May precipitation inch = 1.34

| Jun precipitation inch = 0.69

| Jul precipitation inch = 0.48

| Aug precipitation inch = 0.46

| Sep precipitation inch = 0.56

| Oct precipitation inch = 1.12

| Nov precipitation inch = 2.81

| Dec precipitation inch = 3.92

| year precipitation inch = 20.21

| Jan precipitation days = 12

| Feb precipitation days = 11

| Mar precipitation days = 11

| Apr precipitation days = 9

| May precipitation days = 7

| Jun precipitation days = 5

| Jul precipitation days = 3

| Aug precipitation days = 3

| Sep precipitation days = 4

| Oct precipitation days = 6

| Nov precipitation days = 12

| Dec precipitation days = 13

| Jan snow inch = 17.5

| Feb snow inch = 10.5

| Mar snow inch = 7

| Apr snow inch = 2.4

| May snow inch = 0.2

| Jun snow inch = 0

| Jul snow inch = 0

| Aug snow inch = 0

| Sep snow inch = 0

| Oct snow inch = 0.4

| Nov snow inch = 8.1

| Dec snow inch = 19.8

| year snow inch = 66

|source 1 = {{cite web

|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or1574 |title=CHILOQUIN 12 NW, OR (351574) |access-date=November 22, 2015 |publisher=Western Regional Climate Center }}

|date=November 2015

}}

{{US Census population

|1880= 150

|1920= 160

|1930= 481

|1940= 741

|1950= 688

|1960= 945

|1970= 826

|1980= 778

|1990= 673

|2000= 716

|2010= 734

|2020= 767

|footnote=Source:{{cite book|last=Moffatt|first=Riley Moore|title=Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1996|page=207|isbn=978-0-8108-3033-2}}
U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 2, 2014}}
{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}

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As of the census of 2010, there were 734 people, 281 households, and 179 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|895.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 356 housing units at an average density of {{convert|434.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 49.2% Native American, 40.7% White, 0.1% African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 9.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.5% of the population.

There were 281 households, of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.3% were married couples living together, 19.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.3% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.26.

The median age in the city was 41.9 years. 27% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.6% were from 25 to 44; 30.9% were from 45 to 64; and 15% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.

As of the census of 2000, there were 716 people, 257 households, and 173 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|890.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 290 housing units at an average density of {{convert|360.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. According to responses provided by Chiloquin residents who participated in the census, the demographic makeup of the city was 51.54% Native American, 42.60% White, 5.31% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 0.14% Asian, and 1.26% from other races. About 4.5% were from two or more races.

There were 257 households, out of which 40.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were married couples living together, 21.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.3% were non-families, 24.1% were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.34.

The age distribution was 34.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $20,688, and the median income for a family was $21,250. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,604. About 33.5% of families and 31.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.3% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

Chiloquin High School, for students in grades 7 through 12, is in the city,{{cite web|title=Chiloquin High School|url=http://www.kcsd.k12.or.us/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=7|publisher=Klamath County School District|year=2009|access-date=August 29, 2013}} as is Chiloquin Elementary, for students in kindergarten through grade 6.{{cite web|title=Chiloquin Elementary|url=http://www.kcsd.k12.or.us/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=14|publisher=Klamath County School District|year=2009|access-date=August 29, 2013}} As of 2002, the four largest employers in Chiloquin were Weyerhaeuser (plywood, pressed board), Jeld-Wen (windows, door frames), Klamath Tribes (management, health services), and Klamath County Schools.

The Train Mountain Miniature Railroad in Chiloquin is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest hobby railway system in the world.{{cite web|title=Train Mountain|work=Oregon Field Guide|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|url=http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/segment/train-mountain/|date=July 26, 2007|access-date=August 29, 2013}} It includes a railway museum, {{convert|25|mi|km}} of total track, and trains that a person can straddle and ride.

Collier Memorial State Park is about {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north of Chiloquin along Route 97. Kla-Mo-Ya Casino and Travel Center, owned and operated by the Klamath Tribes, is about {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} south of Chiloquin along Route 97.{{cite web|title=About Our City|url=http://www.chiloquin.com/city.html#1|publisher=City of Chiloquin|access-date=August 29, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328200246/http://www.chiloquin.com/city.html#1|archive-date=March 28, 2012}}

• Chiloquin State Airport

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• [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/chiloquin.aspx Entry for Chiloquin] in the Oregon Blue Book
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120328200246/http://www.chiloquin.com/city.html Chiloquin community website]

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