Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Oregon's water rights data depicts the location of each water right diversion point and associated place of use polygon. All current and individually held water rights are shown, excluding those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. The dataset is maintained by the State of Oregon and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map water right locations based on the described Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Analyze water allocation for municipal and groundwater use based on the described water right categories.
• Support regulatory compliance and planning by identifying current, individually held water rights as described.

Strengths

• Includes both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data for water rights.
• Explicitly excludes non-current rights and specific categories like irrigation districts and applications, clarifying scope.
• Provides links to official code definitions and compilation procedures from the Oregon Water Resources Department.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to Oregon state data.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compiled by the Oregon Water Resources Department, with procedures documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:17:35.468006; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.