All,

I’m working with a patron who is looking for the historic river location(s) between 1905 and 1920 of the Middle Fork of the Willamette River about a mile upstream from the confluence with the Coast Fork.  (Township 18 South, Range 3 West, Sections 1 and 12) near the Eugene/Springfield boundary.

It appears that Sheet 1 of the following map might be useful.  Unfortunately our sheet 1 is missing and Oregon Digital has scanned and made available all but sheet 1.


  *   Title: Oregon, Willamette Valley
  *   Uniform Title: Topography, state of Oregon
  *   Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)<http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vl%28freeText0%29=Geological+Survey+%28U.S.%29&vl%28716538806UI0%29=creator&vl%281047208650UI1%29=all_items&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=exact&fn=search&tab=default_tab&mode=Basic&vid=UO&scp.scps=scope%3a%28UO%29%2cscope%3a%28E-UO%29&ct=lateralLinking> Oregon.<http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vl%28freeText0%29=Oregon.&vl%28716538806UI0%29=creator&vl%281047208650UI1%29=all_items&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=exact&fn=search&tab=default_tab&mode=Basic&vid=UO&scp.scps=scope%3a%28UO%29%2cscope%3a%28E-UO%29&ct=lateralLinking>
  *   Contributor: U.S. Geological Survey ; surveyed in cooperation with the State of Oregon.
  *   Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The Survey
  *   Creation Date: 1910] - 1919
  *   Subjects: Willamette River Valley (Or.) -- Maps<http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vl%28freeText0%29=%20Willamette%20+%20River%20+Valley+%28Or.%29+--+%20Maps%20&vl%28716538806UI0%29=sub&vl%281047208650UI1%29=all_items&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=exact&fn=search&tab=default_tab&mode=Basic&vid=UO&scp.scps=scope%3a%28UO%29%2cscope%3a%28E-UO%29&ct=lateralLinking>
  *   Description: Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
Survey dates: 1908-1914.
Title in top margin: Topography, state of Oregon.
Includes index map on each sheet.
Scale 1:31,680 (W 123°25ʹ00ʺ--W 122°52ʹ30ʺ/N 44°45ʹ00ʺ--N 44°00ʹ00ʺ).
  *   Format: 1 map on 9 sheets : color ; 47 x 125 cm or smaller
  *   Language: English
  *   Genre/Form: Topographic maps<http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vl%28freeText0%29=Topographic+maps&vl%28716538806UI0%29=lsr37&vl%281047208650UI1%29=all_items&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=exact&fn=search&tab=default_tab&mode=Basic&vid=UO&scp.scps=scope%3a%28UO%29%2cscope%3a%28E-UO%29&ct=lateralLinking>; Maps<http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vl%28freeText0%29=+Maps&vl%28716538806UI0%29=lsr37&vl%281047208650UI1%29=all_items&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=exact&fn=search&tab=default_tab&mode=Basic&vid=UO&scp.scps=scope%3a%28UO%29%2cscope%3a%28E-UO%29&ct=lateralLinking>; Topographic maps<http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vl%28freeText0%29=+Topographic+maps&vl%28716538806UI0%29=lsr37&vl%281047208650UI1%29=all_items&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=exact&fn=search&tab=default_tab&mode=Basic&vid=UO&scp.scps=scope%3a%28UO%29%2cscope%3a%28E-UO%29&ct=lateralLinking>
  *   Additional subjects: Oregon -- Willamette River Valley
  *   OCLC Number: 20450739
If you can loan me a copy of this map or provide a scan, it would be greatly appreciated.

Also, if you have any other maps which might show the location, please contact me. I don’t believe that the area is considered navigable.  I have checked for historical nautical charts and haven’t found any.

Kathy Stroud
David and Nancy Petrone Map/GIS Librarian Knight Library
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
541-346-3051