Editing Curry County, Oregon (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Cape Blanco and Lighthouse.JPG|thumb|[[Cape Blanco (Oregon)|Cape Blanco]]]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1988|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1627|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|361|sqmi}}, comprising 18%, is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_41.txt |access-date=February 25, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

The westernmost point in Oregon is in Curry County at [[Cape Blanco (Oregon)|Cape Blanco]] located at {{coord|42.835508|-124.565939|type:landmark_region:US-OR|name=westernmost Cape Blanco}}.

The county contains significant forests, with the occurrence of [[Quercus kelloggii|black oak]], [[big leaf maple]] and [[Douglas-fir]]. The [[blue oak]], prevalent slightly further south, does not reach into Curry County.<ref>C. Michael Hogan (2008) [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=85046 ''Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228073950/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=85046 |date=February 28, 2012 }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Coos County, Oregon|Coos County]] (north)
* [[Douglas County, Oregon|Douglas County]] (northeast)
* [[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine County]] (east)
* [[Del Norte County, California]] (south)

===National protected areas===
*[[Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge]]
*[[Siskiyou National Forest]] (part)