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Oregon Drainage Basin Maps, 1957-1992

By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen and Anna Stewart.

Collection Overview

Title: Oregon Drainage Basin Maps, 1957-1992

Predominant Dates: 1957-1978

ID: MAPS Drainage

Primary Creator: Oregon. Water Resources Department

Extent: 0.25 cubic feet. More info below.

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

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

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.

Scope and Content Notes

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.

Biographical / Historical Notes

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.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 28 maps; 1 map folder

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: 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).

Preferred Citation: Oregon Drainage Basin Maps (MAPS Drainage), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Oregon. Water Resources Department
Oregon. State Water Resources Board

People, Places, and Topics

Deschutes River Watershed (Or.)--Maps.
Goose Lake Watershed (Calif. and Or.)--Maps.
Grande Ronde River Watershed (Or. and Wash)--Maps.
John Day River Watershed (Or.)--Maps.
Natural Resources
Oregon--Maps.
Powder River (Or.)--Maps.
Rogue River Watershed (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.)
Summer Lake Watershed (Or.)--Maps.
Umatilla River Watershed (Or.)--Maps.
Umpqua River Watershed (Or.)--Maps.
Watersheds--Oregon--Maps.
Water use--Oregon.
Willamette River Watershed (Or.)--Maps.

Forms of Material

Land use maps.
Maps (documents)

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Statewide Maps, 1962-1970

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).

Extent: 4 sheets

Folder-Item 1.1: Oregon Drainage Basins, 1962-1970: Extent: 3 sheets
Folder-Item 1.2: Water Use Programs, 1964: Extent: 24 sheets

Series 2: 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.

Folder-Item 1.3: Deschutes, 1978
Folder-Item 1.4: Goose and Summer Lakes, 1970-1975: Extent: 3 sheets
Folder-Item 1.5: Grande Ronde, 1959: Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 1.6: John Day, 1974: Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 1.7: North Coast, 1967-1992: Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 1.8: Powder, 1992
Folder-Item 1.9: Rogue, 1957: Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 1.10: Umatilla, 1962
Folder-Item 1.11: Umpqua, 1959-1969: Extent: 3 sheets
Folder-Item 1.12: Willamette, 1964-1991: Includes maps of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Willamette Basins and the full Willamette Basin as well as the Sandy Basin.; Extent: 7 sheets

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