Historic Oregon Nautical Charts, 1868-2009
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Title
- Historic Oregon Nautical Charts
- Dates
- 1868-2009 (inclusive)18682009
1938-1999 (bulk)19381999 - Quantity
- 9 cubic feet, including 413 maps, (25 map folders and 1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- MAPS Nautical
- Summary
- The Historic Oregon Nautical Charts consist of superseded navigational maps for the Pacific Coast from California to Washington, navigable bays and rivers on the Oregon Coast, and the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
The Historic Oregon Nautical Charts consist of superseded navigational maps for the Pacific Coast from California to Washington, navigable rivers and bays on the Oregon Coast, and the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. The collection includes charts for Coos, Tillamook, and Yaquina Bays and the Coquille, Nehalem, Siuslaw, Umpqua, and Yaquina Rivers. The charts vary in scale from 1:10,000 to 1:1,000,000, with the maps of the Oregon coastal rivers and bays and the Columbia and Willamette Rivers providing the most detail.
In addition to depth soundings of the open ocean, the charts depict lights, buoys, and radio beacons along the coast; topography of lands near the coast or waterways; and jetties, rock formations, and reefs. The charts include some roads and other features along the coastline.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
Historic Oregon Nautical Charts (MAPS Nautical), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
The Historic Oregon Nautical Charts are arranged in 3 series: I. Pacific Coast, 1888-2007; II. Approaches, Bays, and Rivers on the Oregon Coast, 1868-2005; and III. Columbia and Willamette Rivers, 1884-2009. Within each series, the charts are arranged numerically.
Custodial History
Most of the charts were received for the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection as federal depository items. Superseded sheets for Oregon were transferred to the Libraries' Historic Maps Collection. Several of the early sheets were received by the Oregon State University Library in the 1960s-1970s.
Acquisition Information
All the charts were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries Historic Maps Collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2013.
Future Additions
Additions to the collection are expected.
Related Materials
Nautical charts of the 1850s-1860s are available in the Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States Nautical Charts (MAPS WestCoast). Detailed maps of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers are included in the Planimetric Maps of Oregon and Washington (MAPS Planimetric).
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I: Pacific Coast, 1888-2007
135 sheetsSeries I consists of nautical charts of the Pacific Coast from California to Washington. Most of the charts depict sections of the Oregon coast.
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Description: 501: West Coast of North America4 sheetsDates: 1975-1997Container: Map folder 1
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Description: 530: San Diego to Aleutian Islands and Hawaiian Islands2 sheetsDates: 1984-1996Container: Map folder 1
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Description: 602: Pacific Coast from San Franciso Bay to the Strait of Juan de FucaDates: 1888Container: Map folder 25
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Description: 5021: Monterey Bay to Coos Bay6 sheetsDates: 1948-1972Container: Map folder 2
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Description: 5022: Cape Blanco to Cape Flattery7 sheetsDates: 1961-1973Container: Map folder 2
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Description: 5052: San Francisco to Cape Flattery6 sheetsDates: 1961-1973Container: Map folder 2
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Description: 5702: Trinidad Head to Cape Blanco6 sheetsDates: 1940-1971Container: Map folder 2
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Description: 5802: Cape Blanco to Yaquina Head8 sheetsDates: 1940-1973Container: Map folder 3
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Description: 5896: Pyramid Point to Cape Sebastian7 sheetsDates: 1940-1974Container: Map folder 3
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Description: 5900: Point St. George to Umpqua RiverDates: 1891Container: Map folder 25
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Description: 5902: Yaquina Head to Columbia River8 sheetsDates: 1932-1973Container: Map folder 3
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Description: 5951: Cape Sebastian to Humbug Mountain6 sheetsDates: 1939-1973Container: Map folder 3
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Description: 5952: Port Orford to Cape Blanco7 sheetsDates: 1940-1974Container: Map folder 4
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Description: 6002: Columbia River to Destruction Island9 sheetsDates: 1940-1973Container: Map folder 4
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Description: 6100: Pacific Coast - Cape Lookout to Grays HarborDates: 1899Container: Map folder 4
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Description: 9000: San Diego to Aleutian Islands and Hawaiian Archipelago4 sheetsDates: 1963-1973Container: Map folder 5
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Description: 18003: Cape Blanco to Cape Flattery10 sheetsDates: 1975-2003Container: Map folder 6
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Description: 18007: San Francisco to Cape Flattery6 sheetsDates: 1975-2001Container: Map folder 6
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Description: 18010: Monterey Bay to Coos Bay6 sheetsDates: 1974-2007Container: Map folder 6
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Description: 18500: Columbia River to Destruction Island8 sheetsDates: 1975-2004Container: Map folder 7
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Description: 18520: Yaquina Head to Columbia River6 sheetsDates: 1975-1997Container: Map folder 7
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Description: 18580: Cape Blanco to Yaquina Head6 sheetsDates: 1975-1991Container: Map folder 8
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Description: 18589: Port Orford to Cape Blanco4 sheetsDates: 1978-1999Container: Map folder 8
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Description: 18600: Trinidad Head to Cape Blanco3 sheetsDates: 1975-1996Container: Map folder 8
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Description: 18601: Cape Sebastian to Humbug MountainDates: 1990Container: Map folder 8
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Description: 18602: Pyramid Point to Cape Sebastian2 sheetsDates: 1982-1990Container: Map folder 8
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Series II: Approaches, Bays, and Rivers on the Oregon Coast, 1868-2005
98 sheetsSeries II consists of detailed charts of navigable rivers and bays on the Oregon Coast. These include approaches to the bays as well as estuaries. These charts are primarily at 1:10,000 and 1:20,000 scale. They include jetties, off shore rock features, and reefs as well as roads, streets, and other on-shore features.
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Description: Yaquina River Entrance
With inset map of entrance in May 1870.
Dates: 1868Container: Map folder 26 -
Description: 5971: Coquille River Entrance7 sheetsDates: 1940-1973Container: Map folder 9
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Description: 5984: Coos Bay9 sheetsDates: 1940-1974Container: Map folder 10
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Description: 6004: Umpqua River, Pacific Ocean to Reedsport7 sheetsDates: 1948-1972Container: Map folder 10
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Description: 6023: Siuslaw River7 sheetsDates: 1938-1972Container: Map folder 26
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Description: 6055: Yaquina Bay and River6 sheetsDates: 1960-1973Container: Map folder 11
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Description: 6056: Approaches to Yaquina Bay6 sheetsDates: 1956-1972Container: Map folder 11
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Description: 6058: Yaquina River and ApproachesDates: 1931Container: Map folder 12
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Description: 6112: Tillamook Bay8 sheetsDates: 1932-1973Container: Map folder 12
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Description: 6122: Nehalem River7 sheetsDates: 1939-1973Container: Map folder 12
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Description: 18556: Nehalem River2 sheetsDates: 1978-2004Container: Map folder 13
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Description: 18558: Tillamook Bay4 sheetsDates: 1975-2002Container: Map folder 13
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Description: 18561: Approaches to Yaquina Bay6 sheetsDates: 1974-1998Container: Map folder 13
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Description: 18581: Yaquina Bay and River5 sheetsDates: 1975-1991Container: Map folder 13
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Description: 18583: Siuslaw River2 sheetsDates: 1974-1985Container: Map folder 26
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Description: 18584: Umpqua River7 sheetsDates: 1974-2001Container: Map folder 14
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Description: 18587: Coos Bay13 sheetsDates: 1974-2005Container: Map folder 14
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Series III: Columbia and Willamette Rivers, 1884-2009
190 sheetsSeries III consists of charts of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers as well as the Port of Portland. These charts are of moderate scale, ranging from 1:10,000 to 1:40,000. The 1880s and 1890s sheets of the Columbia River depict vegetation types along the river, islands, and braided channels. More recent maps of the Columbia River show dams, spillways, and fish ways.
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Description: 640: Columbia River Sheet 1Dates: 1890Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 641b: Columbia River Sheet 4, Grim's Island to KalamaDates: 1888Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 641c: Columbia River Sheet 5, Kalama to Fales LandingDates: 1888Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 641d: Columbia River Sheet 6, Fales Landing to PortlandDates: 1888Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 681a: Approach to the Columbia RiverDates: 1884Container: Map folder 26
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Description: 6141: Columbia River Sheet 2Dates: 1890Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 6142: Columbia River Sheet 3Dates: 1911Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 6143: Columbia River Sheet 4Dates: 1888Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 6144: Columbia River Sheet 5 - Kalama to Fales LandingDates: 1888Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 6145: Columbia River Sheet 6 - Fales Landing to PortlandDates: 1904Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 6146: Columbia River Sheet 7 - Vancouver to Reed Island2 sheetsDates: 1904-1932Container: Map folder 15
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Description: 6151: Columbia River Entrance (Pacific Ocean) to Harrington Point11 sheetsDates: 1938-1974Container: Map folder 16
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Description: 6152: Columbia River, Harrington Point to Crims Island9 sheetsDates: 1940-1974Container: Map folder 16
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Description: 6153: Columbia River, Crims Island to Saint HelensDates: 1940Container: Map folder 17
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Description: 6153-6154: Columbia River, Crims island to Saint Helens; Columbia River, Saint Helens to Vancouver9 sheets
Sheet 6154 is on the verso of sheet 6153.
Dates: 1957-1974Container: Map folder 17 -
Description: 6154: Columbia River, St. Helens to Willamette River, Including Vancouver and PortlandDates: 1940Container: Map folder 17
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Description: 6155: Port of Portland including Vancouver10 sheetsDates: 1940-1973Container: Map folder 17
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Description: 6156: Columbia River, Vancouver to BonnevilleDates: 1948Container: Map folder 18
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Description: 6156-6157: Columbia River, Vancouver to Bonneville; Columbia River, Bonneville to the Dalles6 sheets
Sheet 6157 is on the verso of sheet 6156.
Dates: 1953-1973Container: Map folder 18 -
Description: 6158: Columbia River, Lake Celilo5 sheetsDates: 1961-1973Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6159: Columbia River, John Day Dam to Blalock6 sheetsDates: 1961-1973Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6160: Columbia River, Sundale to Heppner Junction4 sheetsDates: 1961-1972Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6161: Columbia River, Thanksgiving Island to Coyote Island3 sheetsDates: 1961-1972Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6162: Columbia River, Blalock Island to McNary Dam3 sheetsDates: 1961-1971Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6163: Columbia River, McNary Dam to Juniper4 sheetsDates: 1960-1971Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6164: Columbia River, Juniper to Pasco5 sheetsDates: 1960-1973Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6166: Swan Island Basin, Willamette River5 sheetsDates: 1955-1972Container: Map folder 19
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Description: 6171-6172: Willamette River, Portland to Walnut Eddy; Willamette River, Walnut Eddy to Newberg4 sheets
Sheet 6172 is on the verso of sheet 6171.
Dates: 1956-1971Container: Map folder 20 -
Description: 6172: Willamette River, Walnut Eddy to NewbergDates: 1953Container: Map folder 20
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Description: 18521: Columbia River, Pacific Ocean to Harrington Point13 sheetsDates: 1975-2008Container: Map folder 21
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Description: 18523: Columbia River, Harrington Point to Crims Island10 sheetsDates: 1974-1998Container: Map folder 21
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Description: 18524: Columbia River, Crims Island to Saint Helens and Saint Helens to Vancouver10 sheetsDates: 1975-2000Container: Map folder 22
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Description: 18525: Columbia River, Saint Helens to Vancouver2 sheetsDates: 2000-2009Container: Map folder 22
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Description: 18526: Port of Portland including Vancouver12 sheetsDates: 1975-2009Container: Map folder 22
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Description: 18527: Swan Island Basin, Willamette River9 sheetsDates: 1974-2005Container: Map folder 22
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Description: 18528: Willamette River, Portland to Walnut Eddy and Walnut Eddy to Newberg6 sheetsDates: 1974-2002Container: Map folder 23
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Description: 18531: Columbia River, Vancouver to Bonneville and Bonneville to The Dalles7 sheetsDates: 1975-2005Container: Map folder 23
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Description: 18532: Columbia River, Bonneville to The DallesDates: 2001Container: Map folder 23
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Description: 18533: Columbia River, Lake Celilo4 sheetsDates: 1975-1990Container: Map folder 23
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Description: 18535: Columbia River, John Day Dam to Blalock2 sheetsDates: 1975-1979Container: Map folder 24
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Description: 18536: Columbia River, Sundale to Heppner Junction4 sheetsDates: 1974-1982Container: Map folder 24
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Description: 18537: Columbia River, Alderdale to Blalock Islands4 sheetsDates: 1974-1982Container: Map folder 24
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Description: 18539: Columbia River, Blalock Islands to McNary Dam2 sheetsDates: 1979-1984Container: Map folder 24
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Description: 18541: Columbia River, McNary Dam to Juniper3 sheetsDates: 1979-1990Container: Map folder 24
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Description: 18542: Columbia River, Juniper to PascoDates: 1978Container: Map folder 24
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Coasts--Pacific States--Maps.
- Estuaries--Oregon--Maps.
- Harbors--Oregon--Maps.
- Rivers--Oregon--Maps.
Corporate Names
- Port of Portland (Or.)
Geographical Names
- Columbia River--Maps.
- Coos Bay (Or. : Bay)--Maps.
- Coquille River (Or.)--Maps.
- Nehalem River (Or.)--Maps.
- Pacific Coast (Or.)--Maps.
- Pacific States--Maps.
- Siuslaw River (Or.)--Maps.
- Tillamook Bay (Or.)--Maps.
- Umpqua River (Or.)--Maps.
- Willamette River (Or.)--Maps.
- Yaquina Bay (Or.)--Maps.
- Yaquina River (Or.)--Maps.
Form or Genre Terms
- Maps.
- Nautical charts.
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. (creator)
