Rangeland Resources Department Maps, 1936-1967

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Series 1: Range Surveys for the Keating Soil Conservation District, Lower Powder River, Baker County, 1940-1941 Add to Shelf

Series I consists of range surveys of townships within the Keating Soil Conservation District of the Lower Powder River Grazing District #6 prepared by E. William (Bill) Anderson of the Soil Conservation Service. The surveys consist of 2 large-scale maps for each of the 15 townships in the area extending from Township 8 South to 10 South and Range 40 East to 44 East. One map of the pair is hand-colored and depicts range types; the second map is a land ownership overlay and indicates which lands are federal, state, or county property as well as individual and corporate land owners. The scale of the maps is 1 inch = 0.25 mile or 1:15,840. In addition to the maps, the series includes 68 summary sheets with tabulated acreages of different range types, cultivated land, and pasture as well as grazing capacity. Summary sheets are included for each township; two sheets include compilations of acreages for all of the townships surveyed.

Extent: 98 sheets

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Series 2: Vale District, circa 1965 Add to Shelf

Series II consists of a 1962 base map of the southern half of the Bureau of Land Management Vale District that has been annotated with range types and hand-colored. The map scale is 1 inch = 2 miles or 1:125,000. The map covers the area of Townships 27 South to 41 South and Ranges 36 East to 46 East.

Extent: 1 sheet

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Series 3: Squaw Butte Experimental Range and Squaw Butte Ranch, 1936-1967 Add to Shelf

Series III consists of range type maps prepared in the 1930s as well as range studies completed in the mid-1960s. The series includes maps and 2 aerial photographs. Several of the maps from the mid-1960s study are stamped with the name of Charles E. Poulton.

Extent: 24 sheets

Folder 3: Squaw Butte Regional Range Experiment Station, 1938 Add to Shelf

Maps prepared by the Soil Conservation Service, Oregon State College, and the Division of Grazing depicting range types and range study plots. Two of the maps are hand-colored. Scale of 1 inch = 0.25 mile or 1:15,840.

Extent: 3 sheets

Folder-Item 4.1: Squaw Butte Ranch Range Livestock Research, 1936-1937 Add to Shelf

For Township 24 South Range 25 East. Scale of 1 inch = 2000 feet (1:24,000). Depicts the results of a cooperative project of the U.S. Department of the Interior Division of Grazing and the Oregon State College Agricultural Experiment Station.

Extent: 3 sheets

Folder-Item 4.2: Squaw Butte Ranch, circa 1960 Add to Shelf

Topographic maps prepared by the U.S. Geological survey at scale of 1:24,000.

Extent: 4 sheets

Folder-Item 4.3: Squaw Butte Experimental Range, 1967 Add to Shelf

Depict soil type and vegetation for Township 24 South Range 25 East; prepared for the Bureau of Land Management by Oregon State University Range Management. Multiple sheets are available at scales ranging from 1:15,840 to 1:62,500.

Extent: 9 sheets

Folder-Item 4.4: Squaw Butte Experimental Range aerial photographs, 1967 Add to Shelf

Includes two aerial photographs annotated with vegetation and soil types; also include overlays and legends. One of the photographs is at scale of 1 inch = 0.5 mile (1:31,680); the other has a scale of 1 inch = 0.25 mile (1:15,840).

Extent: 5 items