Historic Oregon Topographic Maps, 1898-1993

Predominant Dates: 1945-1975

The Historic Oregon Topographic Maps consist of superceded or obsolete topographic maps published by the U.S. Geological Survey. The maps cover all of Oregon and are available in a variety of scales, from 1:24,000 to 1:250,000.

Creators

ID: MAPS ORTopos

Extent: 10.5 cubic feet

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Scope and Content Notes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Statement on Description:

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Historically, “squaw” has been used as a misogynist and racist slur to disparage indigenous American women. Within this historic usage, it has been applied to place names, and scientific or colloquial names for plants. In this collection, the term "squaw" is used in the context of the Squaw Butte Experiment Station. This station is now known as the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center.

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[Date of Acknowledgement: December 2023]

Arrangement

Preferred Citation: Historic Oregon Topographic Maps (MAPS ORTopos), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Acquisition Note: These maps were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' Historic Maps Collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2012.

Acquired: Additions to the collection are expected.

Languages of Materials

English

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Container List

Series 1: Willamette Valley and Vicinity Topographic Maps, 1908-1922 Add to Shelf

Series I consists of topographic maps prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in conjunction with the State of Oregon [State Engineers John H. Lewis (for 1908-1916 maps) and Percy A. Cupper (for 1922 map)] based on surveying done from about 1908 to 1914 at a scale of 1:31,680.

Extent: 26 sheets

UnitID: Series I

Folder 11: Willamette Valley Topographic Maps, 1908-1916 Add to Shelf: This set of topographic maps of the central Willamette Valley was published as 9 sheets. The maps extend from just south of Springfield and Eugene to the southern boundary of Albany. Two copies are available of all the sheets; the collection includes 3 copies of sheet 4 and 4 copies of sheet 7 (which includes the Corvallis area). These maps are housed in one map folder and some of the items are encapsulated. All of the maps are available online: Sheet 1; Sheet 2; Sheet 3; Sheet 4; Sheet 5; Sheet 6; Sheet 7; Sheet 8; and Sheet 9.; Extent: 21 sheets
Box-Folder 5.1: Central Willamette Valley Topographic Maps, 1911-1922 Add to Shelf: These maps includes sheets for Airlie (1922), Oakville (1913), Philomath (1913), Tangent (1911), and Wells (1913).; Extent: 5 sheets

Series 2: 1:62,500 (15 min) Quadrangles, 1906-1972 Add to Shelf

Series II consists of superceded 15 minute quadrangle maps at a scale of 1:62,500. Most were issued in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the older sheets are encapsulated. The maps are arranged alphabetically by quadrangle name.

Extent: 582 sheets

UnitID: Series II

Box-Folder 1.1: Abbott Butte - AnLauf Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.2: Antelope - Battle Ax Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.3: Beatty - Blaine Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.4: Blue River - Butte Falls Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: Calamity - Cascadia Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.6: Cathlamet - Coos Bay Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.7: Copperfield - Delintment Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.1: Desolation Butte - Enright Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.2: Enterprise - Fuego Mountain Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.3: Gales Creek - Halsey Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.4: Happy Camp - Keasy Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.5: Kernan Point - Mace Mountain Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.1: Mary's Peak - Monroe Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.2: Monument - Oregon Caves Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.3: Oregon City - Portland Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.4: Preston - Rustler Peak Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.1: Saddle Mountain - Spray Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.2: Stayton - Talent Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.3: The Dalles - Tyee Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.4: Valsetz - Yaquina Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 12.1: Crater Lake National Park and Vicinity, 1956 Add to Shelf: Extent: 1 sheet

Series 3: 1:24,000 (7.5 min) Quadrangles, 1949-1993 Add to Shelf

Series III comprises more than half the maps in this collection and consists of superceded 7.5 minute quadrangle maps at a scale of 1:24,000. This series includes some orthophotographs. Some of the maps are provisional editions; others are photo revised. Most of the maps were issued in the 1950s through 1970s. The maps are arranged alphabetically by quadrangle name.

Extent: 1299 sheets

UnitID: Series III

Box-Folder 6.2: Abbott Butte - Badger Lake Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.3: Bagby Hot Springs - Bone Springs Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.4: Basley Butte - Canby Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.5: Candle Creek - Coffin Mountain Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.1: Colgan Butte - Culver Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.2: Dale - Double Mountain Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.3: Drake Butte - Estacada Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.4: Eugene - Fuzztail Butte Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.1: Gales Creek - Harter Mountain Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.2: Hart Lake - Iron Mountain Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.3: Irrigon - Lakeview Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.4: Landing Creek - Mazama Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.1: Mount Burno - Parkdale Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.2: McCain - Mount Ashland Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.3: Parsnip Peak - Rabbit Valley Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 9.4: Ragsdale Butte - Sandhill Crossing Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 10.1: Sandy - Silverton Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 10.2: Silvies - Sugarpine Mountain Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 10.3: Suplee - Three Lynx Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 10.4: Tucker Hill - York Butte Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 12.2: Squaw Butte Ranch (Harney County), 1936 Add to Shelf: Extent: 1 sheet

Series 4: 1:250,000 Maps, 1948-1976 Add to Shelf

Series IV consists of 1:250,000 scale maps that cover large areas of the state. Some of the maps have shaded relief; others show vegetation cover. In addition to topography, the maps depict roads, towns and cities, vegetation, political boundaries, lakes, and rivers. The maps are arranged by the map number.

Extent: 77 sheets

UnitID: Series IV

Folder-Item 13.1: Roseburg, 1957-1966 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets; UnitID: NK 10-2
Folder-Item 13.2: Crescent, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets; UnitID: NK 10-3
Folder-Item 13.3: Medford, 1956-1976 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NK 10-4
Folder-Item 13.4: Klamath Falls, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NK 10-6
Folder-Item 13.5: Weed, 1957 Add to Shelf: UnitID: NK 10-8
Folder-Item 13.6: Alturas, 1954-1962 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets; UnitID: NK 10-9
Folder-Item 13.7: Burns, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets; UnitID: NK 11-1
Folder-Item 13.8: Boise, 1955-1962 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NK 11-2
Folder-Item 13.9: Adel, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NK 11-4
Folder-Item 13.10: Jordan Valley, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NK 11-5
Folder-Item 13.11: Vya, 1954-1961 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets; UnitID: NK 11-7
Folder-Item 13.12: McDermitt, 1955-1962 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets; UnitID: NK 11-8
Folder-Item 14.1: Hoquiam, 1949-1974 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 sheets; UnitID: NL 10-5
Folder-Item 14.2: Vancouver, 1948-1974 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 sheets; UnitID: NL 10-8
Folder-Item 14.3: The Dalles, 1953-1971 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets; UnitID: NL 10-9
Folder-Item 14.4: Salem, 1949-1977 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 sheets; UnitID: NL 10-11
Folder-Item 14.5: Bend, 1955-1971 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets; UnitID: NL 10-12
Folder-Item 14.6: Walla Walla, 1953-1963 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets; UnitID: NL 11-4
Folder-Item 14.7: Pendleton, 1954-1973 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NL 11-7
Folder-Item 14.8: Grangeville, 1956-1963 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NL 11-8
Folder-Item 14.9: Canyon City, 1956-1970 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets; UnitID: NL 11-10
Folder-Item 14.10: Baker, 1963-1974 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets; UnitID: NL 11-11
Folder-Item 15.1: Coos Bay, 1950-1973 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NK 10-1,4
Folder-Item 15.2: Eureka, 1948-1966 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets; UnitID: NK 10-7,10
Folder-Item 15.3: Adel and Burns, 1955 Add to Shelf: Sheets published separately for Adel and Burns are taped together into one sheet.; UnitID: NK 11-1 and NK 11-4
Folder-Item 15.4: Copalis Beach, 1949 Add to Shelf: UnitID: NL 10-1,4

Series 5: Other Scales, 1898-1951 Add to Shelf

Series V consists primarily of 1:125,000 (30 min) maps; it also includes 1:48,000; 1:96,000; and 1:250,000 maps. The 1:250,000 maps significantly predate the 1:250,000 maps in Series IV. Many of the sheets in this series have been encapsulated. The maps are arranged by scale and thereunder alphabetically by quadrangle name.

Extent: 107 sheets

UnitID: Series V

Box-Folder 6.1: 1:48,000 and 1:96,000, 1919-1925 Add to Shelf

Item 1: Earl Advance Sheet, 1919 Add to Shelf: 1:48,0000
Item 2: McMinnville Advance Sheet, 1924 Add to Shelf: 1:48,0000
Item 3: Picture Gorge Advance Sheet, 1925 Add to Shelf: 1:48,0000
Item 4: Twickenham Advance Sheet, 1924 Add to Shelf: 1:96,0000

Box-Folder 5.2: 1:250,000 Maps, 1910-1921 Add to Shelf

Item 1: Ashland, 1910-1917 Add to Shelf: 1893 edition reprinted in 1910 and 1917.; Extent: 2 sheets
Item 2: Klamath, 1910-1921 Add to Shelf: 1894 edition reprinted in 1910 and 1921.; Extent: 2 sheets

Box-Folder 5.3: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1898-1948 Add to Shelf

Extent: 19 sheets

Item 1: Arlington, Ore.-Wash., 1916-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 2: Baker and Baker City, 1901-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets
Item 3: Bend, 1929-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 4: Birch Creek, 1919 Add to Shelf
Item 5: Chemult, 1935-1941 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 6: Condon, 1916-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 7: Coos Bay, 1898-1937 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets

Box-Folder 5.4: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1908-1950 Add to Shelf

Extent: 14 sheets

Item 1: Dayville, 1932-1936 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 2: Diamond Lake, 1917-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 3: Dufur, 1930-1945 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 4: Estacada, 1916-1938 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 5: Goldendale, 1919 Add to Shelf
Item 6: Grants Pass, 1908-1946 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets

Box-Folder 5.5: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1903-1950 Add to Shelf

Extent: 36 sheets

Item 1: Hood River, 1929-1950 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 2: Ironside Mountain, 1908-1947 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 3: Kerby, 1918-1937 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 4: Lowell, 1942-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 5: Madras, 1928-1947 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 6: Mount Hood, 1911-1944 Add to Shelf: Some sheets have title Mount Hood and Vicinity.; Extent: 6 sheets
Item 7: Mt. Jefferson, 1927-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 sheets
Item 8: Nampa, 1916-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 9: Newberry Crater, 1931-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 10: Pendleton, 1935-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 11: Pine, 1915-1941 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 12: Port Orford, 1903-1934 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets

Box-Folder 5.6: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1900-1951 Add to Shelf

Extent: 30 sheets

Item 1: Preston Peak, 1922-1951 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 2: Riddle or Riddles, 1904-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets
Item 3: Roseburg, 1900-1942 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets
Item 4: Sumpter, 1901-1939 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 5: Telocaset, 1906-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 6: The Dalles, 1934-1950 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 7: Three Sisters, 1929-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 sheets
Item 8: Umatilla, 1908-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets
Item 9: Waldo Lake, 1925-1950 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 sheets
Item 10: Weiser, 1908-1948 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 sheets

Series 6: Indexes, 1972-1989 Add to Shelf

Series VI consists of indexes to published topographic maps of Oregon, primarily 1:24,000 (7.5 min) and 1:62,500 (15 min) quadrangles. Many of the indexes are annotated with updates or additional information. The indexes are housed in one map-folder.

Extent: 8 sheets

UnitID: Series VI

Folder 16 Add to Shelf

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