201.090) and Jefferson (see 201.160) Counties. The northern boundary of Linn County is the southern boundary of Marion County (see 201.240). The western boundary of Linn County is the Willamette River

201.090) and Jefferson (see 201.160) Counties. The northern boundary of Linn County is the southern boundary of Marion County (see 201.240). The western boundary of Linn County is the Willamette River adjacent to parts of the eastern boundaries of Benton (see 201.020) and Polk (see 201.270) Counties.

����� For description of area removed from Linn County and annexed to Lane County, see 201.200.

����� 201.230 Malheur County. The boundary of Malheur County is as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the south boundary of the state and the range line between ranges 38 and 39, E. W. M.; thence north along the range line to a point where the range line intersects the south boundary of township 37 south; thence west along the township line to the range line between ranges 36 and 37 east; thence north along the range line to the northwest corner of section 19, township 15 south, range 37 east; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 16; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 11; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of section 2; thence east along the township line to the southwest corner of section 36, township 14 south, range 37 east; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 30, township 14 south, range 38 east; thence north along the range line to the northwest corner of section 30; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 20; thence north to the northwest corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 17; thence north to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the section; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 9; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 3; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 34, township 13 south, range 38 east; thence east to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 35; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of section 26; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 24; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the southwest corner of section 17, township 13 south, range 39 east; thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the northeast corner of section 17, township 13 south, range 42 east; thence south along the section line to the southeast corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the northeast corner of section 21; thence south along the section line to the southeast corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the northeast corner of section 26; thence south along the section line to the southeast corner of the section; thence east along the section line to the northeast corner of section 36; thence south along the range line to the southeast corner of the section; thence east along the township line to the northeast corner of section 6, township 14 south, range 43 east; thence south along the section line to the intersection of the south boundary line of township 14 south, range 43 east; thence east on the south boundary line of township 14 south, to the middle channel of the Snake River between Oregon and Idaho; thence up the meanderings of Snake River on the line between Oregon and Idaho to the mouth of the Owyhee River on such line; thence south on the line between Oregon and Idaho to the north line of Nevada; thence west on the north line of Nevada to the place of beginning.

����� 201.240 Marion County. (1) The boundary of Marion County is as follows:

����� (a) The line dividing Marion and Yamhill Counties is a line drawn along the middle of the main channel of the Willamette River where that main channel is located on June 22, 1981. All land on the east side of the line dividing Marion and Yamhill Counties is part of Marion County.

����� (b) The southern boundary of Marion County and the northern boundary of Linn County commences in the middle in the main channel of the Willamette River opposite the mouth of the Santiam River; thence up the middle of the main channel of the Santiam River as it existed on April 21, 1982, to a point opposite the mouth of the north fork of the river; thence up the middle of the main channel of the north fork as it existed on April 21, 1982, to the mouth of Whitewater Creek; thence up the creek to a point where the creek crosses the section line between sections 21 and 28 in township 10 south, range 7 east, Willamette Meridian; thence due east along the section line projected to the summit of the Cascade Mountains.

����� (2) When the Willamette River, the Santiam River, the north fork of the Santiam River or Whitewater Creek serves as the boundary between Linn and Marion Counties in subsection (1)(b) of this section, a reference to one of these rivers or creeks refers to the middle of the river or creek 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.214 �1; 1985 c.122 �1; 2003 c.622 �4]

Note: In addition to the boundary described in 201.240, the eastern boundary of Marion County is the summit of the Cascade Range adjacent to parts of the western boundaries of Jefferson (see