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The USGS is known for its mapping and surveying history. We are no different out here in Oregon. This is our online collection of maps, geospatial data, and more.

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March 3, 2016

Geologic map of the Sauvie Island quadrangle, Multnomah and Columbia Counties, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington

Introduction The Sauvie Island 7.5' quadrangle is situated in the Puget-Willamette Lowland northwest of downtown Portland, Oreg. This lowland, which extends from Puget Sound to west-central Oregon, is a complex structural and topographic trough between the Coast Range and the Cascade Range. Since late Eocene time, the Cascade Range has been the locus of a discontinuously active volcanic...

Water Resources Mission Area, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Oregon Water Science Center