Marion County elevation and terrain tools
Willamette Valley • County seat: Salem
Marion County spans the middle Willamette Valley around Salem and climbs east through the Waldo Hills and the Cascade foothills to the Cascade crest. The Pudding and North Santiam rivers drain it, from the flat valley floor to steep forested slopes.
Open the mapLidar coverage
Lidar projects that cover Salem, from the USGS 3DEP index and DOGAMI’s project records. Other parts of the county may come from other projects; the coverage guide explains how to check any spot.
Coverage details are temporarily unavailable.
Property boundaries
The Property tool can select taxlots in Marion County from the county assessor’s GIS taxlots (Marion County taxlots) and use the boundary as the area for any other tool. Assessor taxlots are not surveys.
Tools for Marion County
A PDF terrain report for a taxlot: hillshade, contours, slope and elevation statistics.
How the tool worksContour lines at the interval you choose, on the map and as vector files.
How the tool worksHours of direct sun on any day of the year, with shadows cast by the terrain.
How the tool works