Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats, 1858-1939

Collection Overview

Title: Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats, 1858-1939

Predominant Dates: 1868-1897

ID: MAPS GLOPlats

Primary Creator: United States. General Land Office

Extent: 1.5 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats consist of one series: I. Township Plats, 1858-1939.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

Scope and Content Notes

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 prepared by the U.S. General Land Office and the U.S. Surveyor General; most of the maps were prepared in the 1870-1890s. Each township of 36 square miles is on a separate sheet. Most sheets have a scale of about 1:31,680 or 2 inches = 1 mile; the remainder are at a smaller scale of about 1.5 inches = 1 mile. These plats cover from Townships 4N to 41S and Ranges 6E to 37 E. Regions depicted in this collection include the Umatilla River basin, Blue Mountains, John Day River basin and tributaries, Snake River, Deschutes River, and Klamath Basin. Boundaries of the Umatilla, Malheur, and Klamath Indian Reservations are shown on the plats. Plats for the Vale and Owyhee Irrigation Projects prepared in the 1930s are included. Several of the plats show mining ditches and placer mining claims in the John Day River basin. The Klamath River, Klamath Lakes and associated marshes, Tule Marsh, and Modoc Lake as well as Fort Klamath and the Klamath Irrigation Project are depicted.

The plats show section lines as well as natural features and vegetation such as prairie; timber, soil types; rivers, streams, sloughs, and wetlands; and fields. The maps include some topographic features. Most of the plats include a narrative description indicating if the township is appropriate for grazing or cultivation, the soil quality, availability of water, and type of timber. Wagon trails and military roads are shown on the plats as well as land claims. This collection consists primarily of single copies of each township plat; however, there are some townships represented by multiple copies of the same plat or different editions of the same township.

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.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 556 maps; 3 oversize boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

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.

Related Materials: The Willamette Valley Township Survey Plats (MAPS Township) include similar survey plats for townships in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, primarily in the 1850s.

Preferred Citation: Central and Eastern Oregon Township Plats (MAPS GLOPlats), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

People, Places, and Topics

Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)--Maps.
John Day River Valley (Or.)--Maps.
Klamath Basin (Or.)--Maps.
Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.)--Maps.
Klamath Project (U.S.)--Maps.
Malheur Indian Reservation (Or.)--Maps.
Natural Resources
Oregon Multicultural Archives
Owyhee Project (U.S.)--Maps.
Umatilla Indian Reservation (Or.)--Maps.
Umatilla River Valley (Or.)--Maps.
Vale Project (U.S.)--Maps.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Township Plats, 1858-1939

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

Includes the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

Extent: 19 sheets

Box-Folder 1.2: Township 2 North, Range 23 East through Range 35 East, 1860-1918

Includes the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Umatilla River.

Extent: 23 sheets

Box-Folder 1.3: Townships 3 North and 4 North

Item 1: Township 3 North, Range 23 East through Range 37 East, 1860-1923: Includes Umatilla Indian Reservation and Umatilla River.; Extent: 28 sheets
Item 2: Township 4 North, Range 25 East and Range 28 East, 1870-1914: Borders the Columbia River.; Extent: 2 sheets

Box-Folder 2.1: Townships 1 South and 2 South

Item 1: Township 1 South, Range 23 East through Range 36 East, 1865-1919: 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: Includes Umatilla Indian Reservation.; Extent: 23 sheets

Box-Folder 2.2: Townships 3 South, 4 South and 5 South

Item 1: Township 3 South, Range 12 East through Range 33 East, 1867-1882: Extent: 20 sheets
Item 2: Township 4 South, Range 12 East through Range 33 East, 1860-1885: Extent: 21 sheets
Item 3: Township 5 South, Range 25 East through Range 33 East, 1879-1883: Includes Blue Mountains.; Extent: 9 sheets

Box-Folder 2.3: Townships 6 South, 7 South, 8 South, 9 South and 10 South

Item 1: Township 6 South, Range 19 East through Range 26 East, 1872-1891: Includes the Blue Mountains.; Extent: 9 sheets
Item 2: Township 7 South, Range 19 East through Range 25 East, 1873-1880: 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: 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: 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: Extent: 4 sheets

Box-Folder 2.4: Townships 11 South, 12 South, 13 South and 14 South

Item 1: Township 11 South, Range 26 East through Range 30 East, 1873-1882: 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: 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: 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: Extent: 3 sheets

Box-Folder 2.5: Townships 16 South, 17 South and 18 South

Item 1: Township 16 S, Range 37 East through Range 47 East, 1871-1937: 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: 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: 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

Item 1: Township 39 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1858-1917: 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: 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: 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

Item 1: Township 23 South, Range 9 East through 11 East, 1868-1881: Includes Deschutes River.; Extent: 3 sheets
Item 2: Township 24 South, Range 7 East through 11 East, 1869-1922: Includes Deschutes River and Paulina National Forest.; Extent: 16 sheets
Item 3: Township 25 South, Range 7 East through 11 East, 1868-1881: Includes Deschutes River.; Extent: 5 sheets

Box-Folder 3.2: Townships 27 South, 28 South and 29 South

Item 1: Township 27 South, Range 7 East through 8 East, 1869-1909: Extent: 4 sheets
Item 2: Township 28 South, Range 7 East through 8 East, 1869-1916: Includes Klamath Indian Reservation.; Extent: 5 sheets
Item 3: Township 29 South, Range 7 East through 11 East, 1866-1900: 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

Item 1: Township 32 South, Range 7 1/2 East, 1872-1906: 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: Includes Klamath Indian Reservation and Fort Klamath.; Extent: 14 sheets
Item 3: Township 34 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1869-1933: 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: Includes Klamath Lake, Upper Klamath Lake, and Williamson River.; Extent: 11 sheets

Box-Folder 3.4: Townships 36 South and 37 South

Item 1: Township 36 South, Range 6 East through Range 15 East, 1866-1933: 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: 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

Includes Aspen Lake, Big Klamath Lake, Buck Island in Big Klamath Lake, Klamath Lake, and Little Klamath Lake.

Extent: 31 sheets