Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Sherman County Records Inventory
Surveyor Field Notes and Plats
1860-[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 Sherman County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Deed Record Patents, vol. F, 1897-1904 (1 volume); vol. J, 1903-1938 (1
volume);
[General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management Filed Notes and Plats-includes
Donation Land Claim and mineral claim information], ca.1860-ca.1998 (2 inches
of microfiche);
Map of Sherman County [transcribed from U.S. Surveyor
General's Office-with index], 1861-1900 (1 volume);
Microfiche GLO Field Notes, DLCs, Min. Claims [General Land
Office, Donation Land Claim, and Mining Claim Field Notes and
Drawings], ca.1860-ca.1998 (ca.100 sheets of microfiche);
Sherman County Compiled Surveys of Record [List-includes
subdivision and partition plats], 1970-present (.05
cu.ft.);
Surveys [Compiled Surveys and Narratives-includes maps, field notes, and related
records], ca.1971-ca.1999 (.20 cu.ft.);
Surveys [Flat File County Survey Plats-includes subdivision
and partition plats], no. CS1-CS229, ca.1970-present (ca.229
plats);
Surveys [Railroad Abandonment File], 1967-1987 (.20
cu.ft.);
Surveys [Rolled County Survey Plats-includes subdivision and
partition plats], no. CS1-CS229, ca.1970-present (ca.229 plats);
[Survey Visual Index-on assessors map base-includes subdivision and partition
plat notations], ca.1970-present (1 volume).
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).