Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Oregon's water rights data includes Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) for individually held water rights. The dataset is maintained by the State of Oregon's Water Resources Department and was last updated in March 2026. It excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses.

Use Cases

• Map water diversion points for groundwater management based on the Points of Diversion (POD) locations.
• Analyze spatial relationships between water use and wildlife habitats based on Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Support regulatory compliance and water rights administration based on the associated water right information.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, JSON, KML, GeoJSON) for flexibility.
• Official compilation procedures and code definitions are documented and linked.
• Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-03-22 03:15:51.154018.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data excludes rights held by irrigation districts and other specified categories, limiting completeness for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon Water Resources Department.

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Covers current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:15:51.154018.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.