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Oregon Drainage Basin Maps, 1957-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon. Water Resources Department.
Title
Oregon Drainage Basin Maps
Dates
1957-1992 (inclusive)
1957-1978 (bulk)
Quantity
0.25 cubic foot, including 28 maps, (1 map folder)
Collection Number
MAPS Drainage
Summary
The Oregon Drainage Basin Maps include statewide maps as well as maps for individual basins. The maps define basin boundaries and depict the rivers and streams within each basin (or watershed). Land use maps for several of the basins are also part of the collection.
Repository
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

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Oregon Water Resources Department was established in its present form in 1975 from the merger of the State Water Resources Board and the State Engineer's Office. The primary responsibility of the Department is to monitor and regulate the state's water resources. The Department's predecessor organizations were established in 1909 with passage of the Water Code, which declared that all water in the state of Oregon belonged to the public.

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Content Description

The Oregon Drainage Basin Maps include statewide maps and maps for individual basins (also referred to as watersheds). The maps define basin boundaries and depict the rivers and streams within each basin. Maps for these individual basins are included in the collection: Deschutes, Goose and Summer Lakes, Grande Ronde, John Day, North Coast, Powder, Rogue, Umatilla, Umpqua, and Willamette. Major roadways and towns are also shown on the maps. Land use maps for the Deschutes and Willamette Basins are included. These indicate acreage for irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, range, forest land, and urban areas. One of the Willamette Basin maps also depicts recreation areas.

The maps within this collection range in scale from 1 inch = 2 miles (1:125,000) to 1 inch = 40 miles (1:2,500,000). Most of the maps in the collection have a scale of 1 inch = 5 miles.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Oregon Drainage Basin Maps (MAPS Drainage), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series: I. Statewide Maps, 1962-1970 and II. Basin Maps, 1957-1992.

Acquisition Information

These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.

Related Materials

Additional maps of Oregon rivers and basins are available in the Plans and Profiles or Oregon Rivers (MAPS RiverPlans) and the Planimetric Maps of Oregon and Washington (MAPS Planimetric).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series I: Statewide Maps, 1962-1970

    4 sheets

    Series I consists of maps depicting all the drainage basins in the state. The map of water use programs indicates the minimal perennial stream flow in cubic feet per second (cfs).

  • Series II: Basin Maps, 1957-1992

    Series II consists of maps of individual basins or watersheds. Land use maps for the Deschutes and Upper, Middle, and Lower Willamette Basins are included. These were prepared as part of a statewide land use inventory and depict irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, range, forest land, and urban areas. The land use maps include a table providing the acres for each land use classification by county in the basin. One of the Willamette Basin maps depicts recreation areas.

Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen and Anna Stewart.
2014

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