Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Clackamas County Records Inventory
Surveyor Field Notes and Plats
1850-[ongoing]
Series documents surveys of county land by the county or licensed professional surveyors. Records include log books, field notes, and plats. An index may also be included. Information includes survey dates; who the survey was for; donation land claims; township, range, section, and survey numbers; a history of previous surveys made for the area; descriptions of land, vegetation, and soil; landmarks; metes and bounds of tracts surveyed; and surveyor's names. Plats also include corner restoration marks, scales, dates created and filed, and donation land claim owners.
Records at the Clackamas County Sunnybrook Service Center, Surveyor's Office Public
Research Room:
BLM Fiche [Bureau of Land Management-General Land Office Survey
Maps and Notes], ca.1851-1997 (5 inches of microfiche);
DTM [D.T. Meldrum Survey Plats], no. 1-780, ca.1890-ca.1987 (ca.800
plats);
[DTM Envelopes-D.T. Meldrum Envelopes-includes survey notes, drawings,
and related records], no. 1-103, ca.1880-ca.1950 (1 inch of microfiche);
DTM Map Index [D.T. Meldrum Survey Plats Card Index-also indexes Crown
Zellerbach land corner monumentation records as well as private surveys],
ca.1890-ca.1987 (.10 cu.ft.);
[Field Book Card Index-indexes H.H. Johnson, DTM, Kirchem, county survey,
and miscellaneous field books], ca.1889-ca.1977 (.40 cu.ft.);
Field Books [County Survey Field Books], no. 0-401, 1955-ca.1977 (3
inches of microfiche);
[General Land Office Plat Record], 1852-1940 (1 volume);
Index to Locations of All Files in Clackamas County Surveyor's Office [indexes
Donation Land Claims, surveys, corner restorations, roads, subdivisions, partitions,
and miscellaneous maps], ca.1851-ca.1993 (1 binder);
Metsker's Atlas of Clackamas County Oregon [modified to show survey locations],
n.d. (1 volume);
[Miscellaneous Maps and Plats-A to Z Letter Series-includes road, bridge,
subdivision, corner restoration, survey, and miscellaneous maps and plats],
1853-ca.1990
(ca.1000 maps);
Private Field Books [includes H.H. Johnson, D.T. Meldrum,
Johnson, Hoffman, Kinnaird, Hungate, Stoehr, Kirchem], ca.1889-1989 (2
inches of microfiche);
[Private Survey Map Index-on assessor's plat base], 1945-present (30
binders);
Private Surveys [Plats-copies], no. 1-29903, 2003.001-2006.349,
1945-present (70 cu.ft.);
Private Surveys [Plats], no. 1-27321,
1945-1997 (16 feet of microfiche);
[Survey Index Books-no. 1-21343], vol. 1-10, 1945-1986 (40 sheets
of microfiche).
Records at the Clackamas County Sunnybrook Service Center, Surveyor's Office Vault:
County Surveyor's Field Books [includes road surveys], no. 0-475, 1955-2000
(475 volumes);
[County Surveyor's Record-includes corner survey information], vol. 3-5,
ca.1854-ca.1926 (3 volumes);
Donation Land Claim Notes [typescript-with index], 1853-1858 (1 volume);
Drawer Envelope [DTM Survey Notes, Drawings, and Related Records-D.T. Meldrum-with
index], no. 1-103, ca.1880-ca.1950 (6.50 cu.ft.);
D.T. Meldrum Field Books, 1910-1938 (62 volumes);
Final Record [Survey Notes], 1896-1909 (1 volume);
[Handwritten Copy of D.L.C. Surveys-Donation Land Claim Survey Notes],
1853-1858 (1 volume);
[Handwritten Twnshp Surveys-Public Surveys in Clackamas County-Township],
vol. 1, 1851-1886 (1 volume);
H.H. Johnson Field Books, ca.1889-ca.1922 (48 volumes);
Index to File Drawers A Thru Z [indexes A to Z Letter Series maps, DTM
plats, LP corner maps, and some surveys], ca.1853-ca.1985 (1 binder);
Kirchem Field Books, 1927-1941 (27 volumes);
Maps and Tracings by Sec. Twp. & Range [Survey Card Index], ca.1850-ca.1979
(.50 cu.ft.);
Misc. Field Books [Miscellaneous Survey], ca.2000-present (28 volumes);
Misc. Field Books [Miscellaneous Survey-includes Johnson, Hoffman, Meldrum,
Kinnaird, and Hungate field books], ca.1891-1989 (47 volumes);
[Miscellaneous Maps and Plats-formerly "A-Z Letter Series," now "SN
series"-includes road, bridge, subdivision, corner restoration, survey,
and miscellaneous maps and plats], ca.1853-ca.1990 (ca.1000 maps and plats);
Monuments Relative to Bonneville Surveys [Bonneville Power Administration],
1940-1966 (1 cu.ft.);
Narrative Originals [Survey], 1946-1994 (.60 cu.ft.);
[Private Surveys-Plats-includes various sizes], no. 1-29903, 2003.001-2006.349,
1945-present (ca.100 cu.ft.);
PS [Private Surveys-Plats], no. 1-27321, 1945-1997 (26 feet of aperture cards);
PS [Private Surveys Register], 1945-2003 (14 volumes);
Public Surveys in Clackamas County [includes corner restoration information-with
index],
vol. 1-2, 1851-ca.1890 (2 volumes);
Record of Permanent Surveys, vol. 1-2, 1898-1902 (2 volumes);
Record of Surveys, vol. 1, 1886-1899 (1 volume);
Record of Surveys [with index], vol. 1A, 1885-1890 (1 volume);
U.S. Field Notes [County Surveyor's Record-includes corner restoration
information-with index],
vol. 6, 1893-1894 (1 volume).
Records at the Museum of the Oregon Territory, Archives Room:
Timber Cruisings [Survey Records-includes maps], vol. 1-3, 1913
(3 volumes).
Records at a Related Web Site:
Online Land Records [includes various federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management).