Oregon Maps

The Nature Conservancy took a close look at spatial data resources for Oregon’s ocean and coastal lands in 2007. The resulting report, Oregon Submersible and Submerged Lands Ownership and Leasing Spatial Data Assessment and Development (download pdf, 464k), reviews the available data in detail. In some cases, TNC obtained or created spatial data that is not currently available through the web (these are noted below). Please Contact Us if you would like access to this data.

Digital Data Availability Summary

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OREGON	Spatial	Non-spatial	None
GIS Data Portals	x
Reference and Supporting Data
Cadastral Reference Grid			x
Shorelines			x
Coastal Imagery	x
Bathymetry			x
Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries	x
Submerged Lands Boundaries	x
Ownership
Submerged Lands Parcels	x
General Property and Parcel Data	x
Public and Conservation Lands	x
Leases and Other Use Authorizations
Aquaculture and Shellfish			x
Other Use Authorizations			x
Marine Managed Areas			x
Local Parcel Information	7 coastal counties
Deed Records		3	3
Assessment Data	2	3	2
Parcels	6

Why is marine cadastral data important for conservation and marine spatial planning?

Marine Cadastral Data Management

The Nature Conservancy’s 2010 Nationwide Comparative Assessment of State-level Marine Cadastral Data in Oregon included an interview with the Oregon Department of State Lands1 and a review of relevant Internet sites.

State Data Management: The Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office (GEO) provides GIS coordination for state agencies. GEO publishes and maintains the Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. The West Coast Habitat Server provides an extensive list of relevant data that can be viewed and downloaded.

Marine Cadastre and Supporting Data

Cadastral Reference System: The Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) was responsible for the creation and oversight of the development of the offshore three-mile limit survey line; DSL is the natural lead for any marine cadastral activities. Oregon does not have a marine cadastre but there have been two recent projects to evaluate the use of different grid systems in coastal waters that would meet those objectives. The state worked with the Minerals Management Service (MMS) in 2002 – 2003 to extend the OCS grid into coastal water, but the grid was never officially adopted. The Bureau of Land Management developed a protracted grid diagram of the PLSS for use as an offshore cadastre (2010), which will soon be evaluated.

Orthoimagery and government jurisdictional boundaries were the only supporting reference data that was found on Oregon portals.

GIS Portals

Oregon Coastal Atlas. Internet map server and archive of over 3,300 geospatial data sets. (web site)
Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office (web site). Includes the Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (web page) with spatial data library, interactive mapping, and a list of Oregon map sites (web page). The site has a wide variety of GIS data layers available for download or through on online data viewer. However, it does not include comprehensive data on parcel ownership or authorized uses in ocean and coastal waters.
West Coast Habitat Server (WCHS). Interactive web mapping application for the display and investigation of marine geological, oceanographic, and fisheries datasets within the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. The viewer presents a wealth of information preloaded and supports spatial queries, data downloads, and print capabilities. The PaCOOS Portal within the WCHS provides an integrated search environment. Data can be downloaded. (web site)

Reference and Supporting Data

Cadastral Reference Grid

None used.

Shorelines

No state level data found.

Coastal Imagery

Data	DOQQ
Access	Download (web site) and viewable for Oregon Imagery Explorer (web site)
Detail	2005, 2000 and 2001
Distributor	Oregon GIS Portal

Bathymetry

No state level data found

Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries

Data	City and County Boundaries
Access	Download from catalog (web site)
Detail	See Administrative Boundaries – state, county, city, state parks and other administrative boundaries.
Distributor	Oregon GIS Portal

The term submerged lands is used here to refer to tidal waters lying between the high water mark and the seaward extent of the state’s jurisdictional limit, which for most states is three nautical miles (i.e., the Submerged Lands Act Boundary). See the Submerged Lands definitions page for specific terminology used in each state.

Submerged Lands Boundaries

The Nature Conservancy obtained a shapefile of the Oregon Territorial Sea through the GIS office at the Oregon Department of State Lands. The territorial sea overlies submerged and submersible lands. A similar representation can probably be derived from the downloadable layer below.

Data	Oregon State Boundaries.
Access	Download ESRI Arc/Info export file. (web page)
Detail	Includes both shoreline and seaward limit of state territorial waters. 2001.
Distributor	Oregon Spatial Data Clearinghouse.

Alternatively, one may view a representation of submerged and submersible lands online by turning on both of the following layers in the Oregon Coastal Atlas. Oregon’s coastal submersible and submerged lands are those areas of the coastal zone seaward of the shoreline.

Data	Hydrography.
Access	View online interactive map. (web page)
Detail	Streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and shoreline.
Distributor	Oregon Coastal Atlas.

Data	Coastal Zone.
Access	View online interactive map. (web page)
Detail	Streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and shoreline.
Distributor	Oregon Coastal Atlas.

Ownership

Submerged Lands Parcels

The Nature Conservancy obtained from the Oregon Department of State Lands a shapefile showing Estuary Ownership as of 1997. Attribute data indicates private, state or other ownership. Data does not cover submerged or submersible lands along the ocean-facing coast. Specific requests to the Department of State Lands are necessary to obtain this data.

General Property and Parcel Data

Data	The Oregon Map.
Access	View interactive map and access PDF parcel maps. (web page )
Detail	Parcels and PDF parcel maps from all Oregon counties updated monthly or quarterly. As of September, 2007, no ownership or assessment information was available.
Distributor	Oregon Department of Revenue.

Public and Conservation Lands

Data	Public Land Ownership.
Access	Download ESRI shapefiles. (web page)
Detail	Shows fee-simple ownership by Federal, State, Tribal, County, and City agencies. 2003.
Distributor	Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.

Data	Land Management (Land Ownership and Land Stewardship).
Access	Download ESRI shapefiles. (web page)
Detail	Categorizes land by the general type of ownership. 1999.
Distributor	Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.

Data	Oregon Marine Managed Areas.
Access	Download ESRI shapefiles and tabular data. (web page)
Detail	Boundaries of areas submitted by Oregon to the national Marine Managed Areas Inventory Database.
Distributor	National Marine Protected Areas Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Leases and Other Use Authorizations

Aquaculture and Shellfish

Working from hardcopy data at the Oregon Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy developed a data layer showing aquaculture leases in Yaquina Bay. As of September 2007, The Oregon Department of Agriculture was reportedly digitizing all of the aquaculture leases in the state.

Other Use Authorizations

While there are approximately 400 waterways leases affecting submerged and submersible lands issued by the Oregon Department of State Lands , TNC found only limited, non-spatial data. The Nature Conservancy was able to obtain a shapefile of 208 permitted and unpermitted shoreline protection structures through the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. The Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation, which reviews Ocean Shore Permits for such structures, has posted permit decisions dating from 2004 to 2007 on the web.

Marine Managed Areas

No state data was found on marine managed areas.

Local Parcel Information

Tax maps (without ownership or assessment information) for all Oregon counties are available from The Oregon Map project.

Clatsop County (web site)

Deed Records	No online access to data through the County Clerk.
Assessment Data	Maps. (web page)
Parcels	Web Maps or Data Dictionary (list of layers available by request). (web page)

Coos County (web site)

Deed Records	No online data found.
Assessment Data	County Assessor's Address, Account, or Map Search. (web page)
Parcels	No data available from county. See The Oregon Map project.

Curry County (web site)

Deed Records	Very limited data online. Legal descriptions from Clerk’s deed records may be found in Tabular Data at the Curry County Enterprise GIS. See Parcels.
Assessment Data	Curry County Enterprise GIS accessible through interactive maps or tabular data. (web page)
Parcels	Curry County Enterprise GIS accessible through interactive and PDF maps; tabular data. (web page)

Douglas County (web site)

Deed Records	Clerk’s Office Record Search. (web page)
Assessment Data	Assessor's Department Assessment Search (free) and Database Downloads (fee subscription). (web page)
Parcels	Surveyor’s Office Geographic Information Website. (web page)

Lane County (web site)

Deed Records	Regional Land Information Database of Lane County; access by paid subscription. (web page)
Assessment Data	Department of Assessment and Taxation Property Information. (web page) More extensive data available by paid subscription from Lane Council of Governments, Regional Land Information Database of Lane County. (web page)
Parcels	A&T Tax Maps Online in PDF. (web page)
Other	Surveyor’s Images and Documents Online. (web page)

Lincoln County (web site)

Deed Records	No online data found.
Assessment Data	No online data available.
Parcels	Assessor’s parcel maps in TIF or PDF. (web page)

Tillamook County (web site)

Deed Records	County Clerk's Recording Inquiries. (web page)
Assessment Data	Assessment and Taxation Department's Web Query. (web page)
Parcels	Download Tax Maps. (web page)
Other	GIS Home Page. (web page) Survey Search. (web page) TNC obtained digital shellfish plats from Tillamook County.

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1 Randall Sounheim, GIS Coordinator, OR Dept of State Lands, May, 2010