Editing Merrill, Oregon (section)

==Geography==
Merrill is southern Klamath County, near the Oregon&ndash;California border.<ref name="Rand McNally">{{cite book|title = The 2013 Road Atlas  |year = 2013 |publisher = Rand McNally |location=Chicago, Illinois |pages= 84, 85|isbn=978-052-80062-2-7 }}</ref> It is along [[Oregon Route 39]] southeast of [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]] and northwest of [[Tulelake, California|Tulelake]].<ref name="Rand McNally"/> [[Lower Klamath Lake]] and [[Tule Lake]], both in California, are slightly south of Merrill.<ref name="Rand McNally"/> By highway, the city is {{convert|20|mi|km}} from Klamath Falls and {{convert|300|mi|km}} from [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref name="IFA">{{cite web|title=Merrill Community Profile|publisher=Infrastructure Finance Authority|url=http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Merrill/|year=2009|access-date=August 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822163907/http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Merrill/|archive-date=August 22, 2010}}</ref>

The [[Lost River (California)|Lost River]] flows by Merrill.<ref name="Rand McNally"/> [[Mount Shasta]] in the [[Cascade Range]] southwest of Merrill, although it lies across the California state line, is visible from the city.<ref name="HistoryCentralOregon"/> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.46|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{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}}</ref>

===Climate===
The region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F}}.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Merrill has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=505553&cityname=Merrill%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Merrill, Oregon]</ref>