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.) Oregon.
• 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
• 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; Maps; Topographic maps
• 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