GLO Survey Notes

Precontact History and Cultural Legacy of Forest Research Sites
in Southwestern Oregon

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General Land Office (GLO) study area is 6-square miles, including a minimum one-mile radius from the long-term Shoestring Valley BLM study plot boundaries. Legal descriptions for the six square mile "sections" are: Tsp. 31 S., Rng. 5 W., Sec. 6 and 7; and Tsp. 31 S., Rng. 6 W., Sec. 1, 2, 11, and 12.

This area was first surveyed between1854 and1882, using the same basic set of federal instructions; the notes were later typed, beginning perhaps in the 1930s or 1950s, and continuing until 1971, at least (see: 8018); these pages were annotated in early 2007 by the report author.

GLO Bearing Tree Species & Diameter Classes (Two tables of interest)

Tsp. 31 S., Rng 6 W. General Description (Byars 1882: 8017)

Page Legal #1 Legal #2 Surveyor Year Bearing Tree (BT) Notes
7134 31-5-06 30-5-31 Ford 1854 Oak openings; never verified (see: 7887)
7192 31-6-01 30-6-36 Flint 1855 2 oak, 4 madrone: all 6-16"; 'fir timber'
7193 31-6-02 30-6-35 Flint 1855 6 oak: 10-22"; 'Road to timber'
7877 31-6-01 31-5-06 Hyde 1855 9 fir: 1 36"; 1 20"; 7 4-8"; (young DF stand)
7878 31-6-12 31-5-07 Hyde 1855 7 fir: 6-30"; yew 14"; chinquapin; hazel
7885 31-5-07 31-5-18 Wright 1878 2 fir: 20-30"; dense 3' shrubs; 0 BTs
7886 31-5-07 31-5-08 Wright 1878 2 oak: 12-14"; 3 fir: 10-18"; w. cedar: 30"; pine: 14"; Quartz Claim mining
7887 31-5-06 31-5-07 Wright 1878 1 fir: 12"; 1 'pine oak': 14"
7888 31-5-05 31-5-06 Wright 1878 0 BTs; live oak, madrone; 'trail to Copper Mine'
7965 31-6-12 31-6-13 Byars 1882 3 fir: 12-18"; yew: 14"; chinquapin: 8"
7966 31-6-12 31-6-11 Byars 1882 4 fir: 12-26"; 2 madrone: 6-14"
7967 31-6-01 31-6-12 Byars 1882 6 fir: 5 6-8"; (young DF stand)
7968 31-6-01 31-6-02 Byars 1882 2 fir: 18-30"; 4 madrone: 6-16"
7976 31-6-11 31-6-14 Byars 1882 2 madrone: 6-7"; 'fir timber'
7977 31-6-11 31-6-10 Byars 1882 2 pine: 30-36"; cedar: 24"; fir: 5"
7978 31-6-02 31-6-11 Byars 1882 live oak: 5-12"; 'Wagon Road'; 'fir timber'
7979 31-6-02 31-6-03 Byars 1882 4 white oak: 10-22"; 2 springs; big madrone

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