The Wallowa Mountains rising above dry foothills in eastern Oregon
Wallowa Mountains · Marc Shandro · CC BY 2.0
South Central

Klamath County

Klamath County, Oregon: which agency issues building permits, where the records live, and wildfire code adoption status.

Wildfire code, section R327
No adoption record found checked 2026-08-06
Verified fields
Permit authority
authority
Klamath County, full program
lbdd corroboration
State directory lists "Klamath County", building official Stephanie Brown, phone 541-883-5121.
Structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, plan review, inspections, code enforcement, manufactured dwellings, LPG installations and fire-hardening grants. Not BCD.
Design criteria
label
Design criteria
Contact
main
305 Main Street, Klamath Falls OR 97601, 541-883-5121 option 1, [email protected]
Design criteria
wind
98 mph basic speed, and 98 mph in special wind regions. Most areas Exposure C, some urban areas B.
frost in
24
soil bearing psf
1500
rainfall
100 year 1 hour storm, one inch per hour
seismic
No single SDC published. Determined per SDS from OSSC Table 1613.2.5(1) or ORSC Table R301.2.2.1.1. County map at kcgis.maps.arcgis.com.
snow request form
https://www.klamathcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/169/Snow-Load-Design-Criteria-Request-PDF
The fullest county-published design criteria found in Oregon.
Lbdd directory
bcd administered
No
jurisdictions serving this county
Klamath County
jurisdiction count
1
This county runs its own building department, listed under its own name with no BCD suffix.
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