Due to their size, and general fragility, the majority of our maps collections are not digitized. There are, however, a handful of exceptions:
- Oregon Maps Digital Collection: A digital collection of topographic maps of the Willamette Valley and vicinity that were prepared in the 1900s-1910s; these maps depict the southern and central Willamette Valley from Springfield and Eugene to Albany.
- Historical Maps of Oregon State University: Historical campus maps continue to be scanned and added to this collection.
- Willamette Valley Township Survey Plats, 1851-1898: These Survey Plats - as well as the field notes taken during the surveys - are available online through the Land Status and Cadastral Survey Records website, prepared by Oregon's Bureau of Land Management office.
- Tsunami Hazard Maps of the Oregon Coast, 1995-1997: Both the maps and report are available online.
- School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers, 1910-1956: The School of Forestry Senior Forestry Papers consist of roughly 700 undergraduate theses and term papers completed by forestry students at Oregon State College from 1910 to 1956. The theses represent a wide range of forestry and forest products topics, including methods and uses of aerial photographs, and methods used in forest mapping. Many of the theses include original photographs, maps, and oversize charts and drawings. The papers are available online in ScholarsArchive@OSU.
- U.S. Geological Survey Kelp Groves of the Pacific Coast and Islands Maps: These materials are not among SCARC's holdings, but are hosted on Oregon Digital.
- Salt Marsh Vegetation Maps: Excerpted from Carol Jefferson's dissertation, "Plant communities and succession in Oregon coastal salt marshes," the 13 hand-drawn maps in this digital collection document salt marsh vegetation types in Siletz Bay, Nestucca Bay, Sand Lake, the Nehalem River, the Chetco River, Alsea Bay, Tillamook Bay, Netarts Bay, the Siuslaw River, the Umpqua River, the Necanicum River, Yaquina Bay, and the Rogue River. All the maps are dated August 1, 1974.
Materials identified by type as a map can be found in our online portal, Oregon Digital. Many of these items are reports or other publications that include maps.