Wetlands Inventory and Survey Maps, circa 1976 - 1990
The Wetlands Inventory and Survey Maps document the National Wetlands Inventory as conducted in the western United States and the central Willamette Valley and Pacific Coast in Oregon by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services. The collection includes an atlas of state and local wetlands surveys that had been conducted in 1965-1975 as well as drafts of wetlands inventory maps documenting the type and extent of coastal and inland wetlands in Oregon.
ID: MAPS Wetlands
Extent: 0.3 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: Wetlands Inventory and Survey Maps (MAPS Wetlands), 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: Atlases, circa 1976 Add to Shelf
- Series I consists of two atlases that were prepared to support the National Wetlands Inventory. One atlas shows existing state and local wetlands surveys that had been conducted in 1965-1975. The second atlas shows the type of aerial photography available for conducting wetlands surveys and inventories. These two atlases are for U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 and cover California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Each atlas consists of 10 maps, with one map for Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington and 2-3 maps for each of the other states. The maps are at a scale of 1:750,000.
- Extent: 20 maps
- UnitID: Series I
- Folder-Item 1.1: Existing State and Local Wetlands Surveys (1965-1975) Volume 1 Atlas Add to Shelf
- Prepared by the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services.
- Folder-Item 1.2: Index of Selected Aerial Photography of the United States Prepared for the National Wetland Inventory Add to Shelf
- Prepared by the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Series 2: National Wetlands Inventory Maps, 1990 Add to Shelf
- Series II consists of drafts of wetlands inventory maps prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services. The maps depict the area from the central Willamette Valley near Corvallis and Albany, Oregon, west to the Newport area of the Oregon coast. Most of the base maps are 1:24,000 U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles. Several of the sheets have a 1:62,500 base map (Alsea, Marys Peak, Monroe, Tidewater, and Yaquina). A few of the sheets are undated, but were prepared during the same time-frame as other sheets in the series. The maps provide information on the type and extent of coastal and inland wetlands following the Cowardin Classification System developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1979. The maps depict marine, estuarine, riverine, lacustrine, and palustrine wetlands based primarily on analysis of high-altitude aerial photographs. The maps are blueline prints and include two overlays.
- Extent: 16 maps
- UnitID: Series II
- Folder-Item 2.1: Albany Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.2: Alsea Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.3: Corvallis Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.4: Greenberry Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.5: Halsey Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.6: Harrisburg Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.7: Indian Head Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.8: Lewisberg Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.9: Marys Peak Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.10: Monroe Add to Shelf
- Includes a 1:62,500 scale overlay and a 1:24,000 blueline print.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 2.11: Peoria Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.12: Riverside Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.13: Tangent Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.14: Tidewater Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 2.15: Yaquina Add to Shelf