| Official Name: | New Pine Creek, Oregon |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Named For: | Pine Creek |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | New Pine Creek |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lake |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.48 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.41 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.48 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.41 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 111 |
| Population Density Km2: | 17.30 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 44.81 |
| Coordinates: | 41.9942°N -120.2972°W |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4842 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 97635 |
| Area Code: | 541 |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 41-52400 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
New Pine Creek is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 120.[2] it has a post office with a ZIP code 97635.[3] New Pine Creek lies on U.S. Route 395 at the Oregon - California border, just north of New Pine Creek, California, and east of Goose Lake.
West of town is the Goose Lake State Recreation Area, along Stateline Road near the lake. The north - south running Lake County Railroad passes near the recreation area. East of town is the Fremont National Forest.[4]
Thought to be Lake County's oldest settlement, New Pine Creek was originally to be named "Pine Creek" after a nearby stream. However, since another community was already using that name, postal authorities preferred an alternative. The New Pine Creek post office opened in 1876. S. A. Hamersley was the first postmaster.[5]
New Pine Creek is the southernmost settlement in the state of Oregon, accepted as part of the state despite being south of the 42nd parallel boundary line nominally separating Oregon from California. This line was set as the boundary between what were then Oregon Country and New Spain by the Adams–Onís Treaty (effective 1821), and maintained when Oregon and California were admitted as states. However, a surveying error in 1868 caused part of New Pine Creek to be placed in Oregon.[6] Delegations from California and Oregon held talks on the issue in 1984 after the error was discovered,[7] but did not ultimately change New Pine Creek's status.
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, New Pine Creek has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[8]