Oregon Department of Forestry Maps, 1914-1985
Predominant Dates: 1946-1977
The Oregon Department of Forestry Maps consist of maps produced by the Department, primarily to support it's role in fire protection for private, state, and federal forests in Oregon. The collection include maps of forest protection districts and fireman's maps. Of special note is a 1914 map of the full state depicting areas with merchantable timber and other forest lands.
ID: MAPS ODF
Extent: 1.5 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:
We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.
Materials in this collection may use racist, derogatory, or harmful language to describe places, bodies of water, landforms, and other natural or man-made features. A project to identify and describe specific instances of harmful language in this collection is underway.
Since this language is written or printed on the maps themselves, we have left it unchanged. We acknowledge the racism represented by this language and the harm it may cause our users. Providing access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitudes or behavior depicted therein.
Preferred Citation: Oregon Department of Forestry Maps (MAPS ODF), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.
Container List
- Series 1: Regional Maps, 1938-1977 Add to Shelf
- Series I consists of maps for the northeast, northwest, and southwest regions of Oregon depicting the forest protection districts. The series also includes a map of Oregon showing the locations of districts for the full state.
- Extent: 8 maps
- UnitID: Series I
- Folder-Item 1.1: Northeast Oregon, 1947-1975 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 maps
- Folder-Item 1.2: Northwest Oregon, 1938-1977 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 maps
- Folder-Item 1.3: Southwest Oregon, 1948 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.4: Statewide Protection Districts, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Forest Protection District Maps, 1946-1985 Add to Shelf
- Series II consists of maps of forest protection districts and units that comprise the districts. Most of the maps are at a scale of 1:125,000. The bulk of the maps are published in color; a portion are diazo blueline prints.
- Extent: 83 maps
- UnitID: Series II
- Folder-Item 2.1: Central Oregon, 1946-1966 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 11 maps
- Folder-Item 2.2: Clackamas-Marion, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 maps
- Folder-Item 2.3: Coos, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 6 maps
- Folder-Item 2.4: Douglas, 1968 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 5 maps
- Folder-Item 2.5: Eastern Lane, 1950-1971 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 maps
- Folder-Item 2.6: Eastern Oregon, 1983 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 maps
- Folder-Item 3.1: Klamath, 1948-1985 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 8 maps
- Folder-Item 3.2: Linn, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 3.3: North Central Oregon, 1951 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 3.4: Northeast Oregon, 1963-1974 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 14 maps
- Folder-Item 3.5: Northwest Oregon, 1965-1977 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 maps
- Folder-Item 4.1: Polk-Benton, 1947 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 maps
- Folder-Item 4.2: Southwest Oregon, 1967 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 7 maps
- Folder-Item 4.3: Walker Range, 1969 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 maps
- Folder-Item 4.4: West Central Oregon, 1967-1969 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 maps
- Folder-Item 4.5: West Oregon, 1968-1978 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 maps
- Folder-Item 4.6: Western Lane, 1946-1979 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 6 maps
- Series 3: Fireman's Maps, 1970-1977 Add to Shelf
- Series III consists primarily of maps of coastal areas prepared for forest fire protection. The series includes 1:125,000 published maps similar to the forest protection district maps in Series II and 1:62,500 diazo blueline prints. The blueline prints depict fences, firebreaks, harvested areas, and active and inactive lookouts and ranger stations.
- Extent: 7 maps
- UnitID: Series III
- Folder-Item 5.1: Astoria Unit, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 5.2: Dunes NRA District, 1977 Add to Shelf
- Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
- Folder-Item 5.3: Hebo District, 1976 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 5.4: St. Helens Unit, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 5.5: Tillamook Unit, 1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 maps
- Folder-Item 5.6: Waldport District, 1976 Add to Shelf
- Series 4: Map of the State of Oregon, 1914 Add to Shelf
- Series IV consists of two copies of a color map prepared and published by the State Board of Forestry in 1914. The map was compiled by Theodore Rowland under the direction of F.A. Elliott, State Forester. It depicts the following six vegetation classifications in color: merchantable timber; cut over areas re-stocking; cut over areas not re-stocking; burned areas re-stocking; burned areas not re-stocking; and brush. The map also shows major rivers, streams, and bodies of water; cities and political boundaries; and roads and railroads. The approximate scale is 1:250,000; each map is approximately 55 x 72 inches. Copy 1 is affixed to linen and relatively stable; it is the preferred copy for researcher use. Copy 2 is fragile and brittle and should be used with special care; it is affixed to wood dowels. Both are stored in roll storage containers.
- Extent: 2 maps
- UnitID: Series IV
- Box-Item 6.1, 7.1 Add to Shelf
- Series 5: Reforestation, Grazing, and Lookout Maps, 1937-1964 Add to Shelf
- Series V consists of a detailed map of the Northrup Creek Grazing Experiment, a hand-colored map depicting progress on rehabilitation of the Tillamook Burn, and a state map annotated with the locations of fire lookouts in Oregon.
- Extent: 3 maps
- UnitID: Series V
- Folder-Item 5.6: Northrup Grazing Experiment, 1937 Add to Shelf
- This detailed map is at a scale of 1 inch = approximately 660 feet, with a contour internal of 100 feet.
- Folder-Item 5.7: Tillamook Burn Rehabilitation Program, 1953 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 5.8: State Lookouts, 1964 Add to Shelf