Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats, 1858-1939
Predominant Dates: 1868-1897
The Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats consist of reproductions of the original manuscript plat maps for townships in regions of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains. Most of the plats were prepared in the 1870s-1890s.
Survey Plats as well as Field Note Records for these townships are available online through the Land Status and Cadastral Survey Records website prepared by the Bureau of Land Management - Oregon State Office.
ID: MAPS GLOPlats
Extent: 1.5 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats (MAPS GLOPlats), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
These maps were transferred to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2013 from materials housed by the former the Rangeland Resources Department.
Container List
- Series 1: Township Plats, 1858-1939 Add to Shelf
- Series I consists of township plats for portions of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains.
- Box-Folder 1.1: Township 1 North, Range 23 East through Range 35 East, 1860-1926 Add to Shelf
- Includes the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
- Extent: 19 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.2: Township 2 North, Range 23 East through Range 35 East, 1860-1918 Add to Shelf
- Includes the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Umatilla River.
- Extent: 23 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.3: Townships 3 North and 4 North Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 3 North, Range 23 East through Range 37 East, 1860-1923 Add to Shelf
- Includes Umatilla Indian Reservation and Umatilla River.
- Extent: 28 sheets
- Item 2: Township 4 North, Range 25 East and Range 28 East, 1870-1914 Add to Shelf
- Borders the Columbia River.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.1: Townships 1 South and 2 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 1 South, Range 23 East through Range 36 East, 1865-1919 Add to Shelf
- Includes Umatilla Indian Reservation and Emmigrant Wagon Road.
- Extent: 31 sheets
- Item 2: Township 2 South, Range 23 East through Range 34 East, 1867-1918 Add to Shelf
- Includes Umatilla Indian Reservation.
- Extent: 23 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.2: Townships 3 South, 4 South and 5 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 3 South, Range 12 East through Range 33 East, 1867-1882 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 20 sheets
- Item 2: Township 4 South, Range 12 East through Range 33 East, 1860-1885 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 21 sheets
- Item 3: Township 5 South, Range 25 East through Range 33 East, 1879-1883 Add to Shelf
- Includes Blue Mountains.
- Extent: 9 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.3: Townships 6 South, 7 South, 8 South, 9 South and 10 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 6 South, Range 19 East through Range 26 East, 1872-1891 Add to Shelf
- Includes the Blue Mountains.
- Extent: 9 sheets
- Item 2: Township 7 South, Range 19 East through Range 25 East, 1873-1880 Add to Shelf
- Includes the Blue Mountains and John Day River basin and tributaries.
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Item 3: Township 8 South, Range 19 East through Range 32 East, 1872-1884 Add to Shelf
- Includes the John Day River basin and tributaries.
- Extent: 11 sheets
- Item 4: Township 9 South, Range 29 East through Range 32 East, 1873-1882 Add to Shelf
- Includes the John Day River basin and tributaries.
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Item 5: Township 10 South, Range 29 East through Range 31 East, 1873-1892 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.4: Townships 11 South, 12 South, 13 South and 14 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 11 South, Range 26 East through Range 30 East, 1873-1882 Add to Shelf
- Includes the John Day River basin and tributaries.
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Item 2: Township 12 South, Range 26 East through Range 29 East, 1873-1897 Add to Shelf
- Includes the John Day River basin and tributaries.
- Extent: 7 sheets
- Item 3: Township 13 South, Range 28 East through Range 41 East, 1869-1927 Add to Shelf
- Includes the John Day River basin and tributaries as well as mining ditches and placer mining claims.
- Extent: 11 sheets
- Item 4: Township 14 South, Range 28 East through Range 37 East, 1884-1885 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.5: Townships 16 South, 17 South and 18 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 16 S, Range 37 East through Range 47 East, 1871-1937 Add to Shelf
- Includes the Willow Creek Valley, Dalles Military Wagon Road, canals for the Vale Irrigation Project, the Snake River, the Owyhee Irrigation Project, and Larson's Island and Patch Island in the Snake River.
- Extent: 18 sheets
- Item 2: Township 17 S, Range 37 East through Range 47 East, 1873-1937 Add to Shelf
- Includes Willow Creek; canals for the Vale Irrigation Project; the Owyhee Irrigation Project; the Snake River; and Welch, Johnson, and Ontario Islands in the Snake River.
- Extent: 21 sheets
- Item 3: Township 18 South, Range 37 East through Range 47 East, 1873-1937 Add to Shelf
- Includes Malheur Indian Reservation lands; the Malheur and Snake Rivers; canals for the Vale Irrigation Project; and the Owyhee Irrigation Project.
- Extent: 25 sheets
- Box-Folder 2.6: Townships 39 South, 40 South and 41 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 39 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1858-1917 Add to Shelf
- Includes Klamath River and Klamath Lake and associated marshes.
- Extent: 24 sheets
- Item 2: Township 40 South, Range 6 East through 15 East, 1858-1939 Add to Shelf
- Includes Klamath River, Little Klamath Lake and marshes, and the Tule Marsh.
- Extent: 23 sheets
- Item 3: Township 41 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1871-1933 Add to Shelf
- Includes Klamath River, Klamath and Little Klamath Lakes, the Klamath Irrigation Project, and Modoc Lake. These townships are along the Oregon-California border.
- Extent: 32 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.1: Townships 23 South, 24 South, 25 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 23 South, Range 9 East through 11 East, 1868-1881 Add to Shelf
- Includes Deschutes River.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 2: Township 24 South, Range 7 East through 11 East, 1869-1922 Add to Shelf
- Includes Deschutes River and Paulina National Forest.
- Extent: 16 sheets
- Item 3: Township 25 South, Range 7 East through 11 East, 1868-1881 Add to Shelf
- Includes Deschutes River.
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.2: Townships 27 South, 28 South and 29 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 27 South, Range 7 East through 8 East, 1869-1909 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Item 2: Township 28 South, Range 7 East through 8 East, 1869-1916 Add to Shelf
- Includes Klamath Indian Reservation.
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Item 3: Township 29 South, Range 7 East through 11 East, 1866-1900 Add to Shelf
- Includes Klamath Indian Reservation, Tule Swamp, and Klamath Marsh.
- Extent: 18 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.3: Townships 32 South, 33 South, 34 South, 35 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 32 South, Range 7 1/2 East, 1872-1906 Add to Shelf
- Includes boundaries of the Crater Lake National Park and the Klamath Indian Reservation.
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 2: Township 33 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1871-1926 Add to Shelf
- Includes Klamath Indian Reservation and Fort Klamath.
- Extent: 14 sheets
- Item 3: Township 34 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1869-1933 Add to Shelf
- Includes Ashland and Fort Klamath Wagon Road, Klamath Marsh, and Klamath Lake.
- Extent: 12 sheets
- Item 4: Township 35 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1866-1933 Add to Shelf
- Includes Klamath Lake, Upper Klamath Lake, and Williamson River.
- Extent: 11 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.4: Townships 36 South and 37 South Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Township 36 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1866-1933 Add to Shelf
- Includes the Crater National Forest, Pelican Bay, Upper Klamath Lake, Sprague River, and Oregon Central Military Road.
- Extent: 9 sheets
- Item 2: Township 37 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1858-1937 Add to Shelf
- Includes Aspen Lake, Big Klamath Lake, Algoma Townsite, Buck Island in Big Klamath Lake, and the Klamath Indian Reservation.
- Extent: 43 sheets
- Box-Folder 3.5: Township 38 South, Range 6 East through 15 East, 1858-1939 Add to Shelf
- Includes Aspen Lake, Big Klamath Lake, Buck Island in Big Klamath Lake, Klamath Lake, and Little Klamath Lake.
- Extent: 31 sheets