Statute Text
Polk
County.
(1) The
boundary of Polk County is as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of
Yamhill County, in the center of the main channel of the Willamette River in
township 6 south, range 3 west of the Willamette Meridian; thence N 89° 42 43
W, 900 feet to a brass cap set in the base of the monument set in 1890 to
denote the boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 42 43 W,
5,256.03 feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the
boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 51 52 W, 14,356.78
feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 48 05 W,
1,314.22 feet to an aluminum pipe and aluminum cap monument; thence N 89° 59
01 W, 3,093.00 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 59 32
W, 3,487.12 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 54 09
W, 891.58 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 52 36
W, 1,131.35 feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the
boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 53 16 W, 6,000.53
feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between
Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 40 14 W, 2,690.80 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 41 16 W, 2,708.54 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 52 16 W,
9,925.57 feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the
boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 21 07 W, 13,631.79
feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between
Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 53 01 W, 4,749.60 feet to an iron
pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 52 12 W, 4,379.73 feet to an iron
pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 51 31 W, 6,113.50 feet to an iron
pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 50 30 W, 8,340.37 feet to a cast
iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk and
Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 51 36 W, 5,111.72 feet to a cast iron pyramid
monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties;
thence S 89° 29 45 W, 4,479.59 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument;
thence S 89° 29 01 W, 2,258.39 feet to a point five links north of a cast
iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote a reference to the boundary between
Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 53 46 W, 6,983.34 feet to a brass cap
set in concrete; thence S 89° 33 19 W, 8,919.81 feet to an aluminum pipe and
aluminum cap monument; thence N 88° 40 09 W, 7,840.11 feet to an iron pipe
and brass cap monument; thence N 88° 41 27 W, 6,684.99 feet to
a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk
and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 56 52 W, 9,123.08 feet to an iron pipe and
brass cap monument; thence N 89° 58 22 W, 7,936.58 feet to an iron pipe
and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 29 17 W, 1,312.89 feet to an iron pipe
and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 46 31 W, 14,458.42 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 00 46 W, 615.90 feet to
a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk
and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 53 34 W, 4,775.55 feet to
the northwest corner of Polk County, which is monumented with an iron pipe and
brass cap, as depicted on the county line survey of 2003, which lies on the
west boundary of and 62.16 chains southerly from the northwest corner of township
6 south, range 8 west; thence south to the north boundary line of Benton
County; thence east along the north boundary line of Benton County to the
center of the main channel of the Willamette River; thence down the center of
the main channel of the Willamette River where that main channel existed on
January 8, 2003, to the confluence of the Santiam River; thence down the center
of the main channel of the Willamette River where that main channel was located
on June 22, 1981, to the place of beginning, all land on the east of the line
last above described being a part of Marion County.
(2) When the
Willamette River serves as the boundary between Linn and Polk Counties in
subsection (1) of this section, a reference to the river refers to the center
of the main channel of the Willamette River as it existed on January 8, 2003,
and may be further identified using coordinates and other location information
determined by the affected county surveyors and filed by the appropriate
counties with the appropriate county assessors and the Department of Revenue
under ORS 308.225. [Amended by 1981 c.332 §2; 1983 c.780 §1; 2003 c.97 §1; 2003
c.622 §5a]