🏛 Official Office – ORS 209
📂 Search for Map of Surveys, Corner Forms, Plats
Welcome to the Malheur County Surveyor’s Office. Our mission is to preserve the public land survey system corners, maintain accurate land records, review survey documents, and assist the public and the surveying profession with land boundary information throughout Malheur County.
⚠ Important Notice – Appointments are strongly recommended. Because the County Surveyor’s Office has a staff of one, it does not always operate on a traditional 🕒 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. schedule.
⚠ Important Notice – Any land division or property line adjustment survey being performed must have, at a minimum, a concurrent planning application pending approval and permission.
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What We Do /
What We Don’t Do |
The County Surveyor Can Help You With:
✅ Filing Maps of Survey ✅ Partition and subdivision plat review ✅ Survey records and historical maps ✅ Public Land Survey System (PLSS) corner records ✅ PLSS corner preservation ✅ Survey process and filing requirements ✅ Referrals to licensed private surveyors The County Surveyor Does NOT: ❌ Survey private property ❌ Locate property lines for landowners ❌ Mark property corners for fences ❌ Resolve neighbor boundary disputes ❌ Prepare legal descriptions for private parties |
| County Surveyor: | 👷 Derrick McKrola – Appointed 9/15/2022 by County Court |
| 📞 Phone: | (541) 473-5520 |
| 📠 Fax: | (541) 473-5168 |
| 📧 Email: | Derrick.McKrola@malheurco.org |
| 📪 Postal Address: | 251 “B” St. West, #7 Vale, OR 97918 |
| 🌎 Other Links | 📜 Find a Professional Licensed Land Surveyor In Your Area or |
| 📍Location: | In the Juvenile wing on the first floor of the courthouse in Vale next to the Planning Department. |
RECORDS
Original maps, or copies, of all surveys performed in the county since about 1976 are kept in the County Surveyor’s office. Some older survey maps are also available. Over 2000 survey paper maps in all can be viewed by, and reproduced for, the public.
Public Land Survey (PLS) corners are the section corners and quarter corners originally set by federal government survey contractors. There are over 40,000 of them in Malheur County. Records concerning these corners are available in two reproducible formats: the notes of all the original surveys that laid out the townships and sections are on microfiche, and recent corner recoveries or replacements by local surveyors are on paper.
Among the miscellaneous maps that show information pertaining to property include: USGS quadrangle maps, Bureau of Reclamation right of way maps, and Union Pacific Railroad right of way maps. Road maps are kept at the County Road Department office in Vale.
FEES
| Boundary Map Review | $150 |
| Property Line Adjustment Survey Review | $150 (must have an active application with the local jurisdiction) |
| Partition Plat | $200 (must have an active application with the local jurisdiction) |
| Subdivision Plat | $300 + $50 per lot (must have an active application with the local jurisdiction) |
| Corner Form | No charge |
| Copies | $0.25/page (letter size 8.5 x 11) |