Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

A dataset from the State of Oregon depicting the location of water right diversion points (POD) and place of use polygons (POU). It includes basic information about associated water rights for all current, individually held rights, excluding those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. The data was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map water usage locations based on point of diversion (POD) and place of use (POU) polygons
• Analyze water rights distribution based on the exclusion of irrigation districts and temporary transfers mentioned in the description
• Conduct spatial analysis of water resources based on geospatial point and polygon data

Strengths

• Data is current as of March 22, 2026
• Provides both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data
• Excludes specific non-individual rights (irrigation districts, applications, etc.) as defined
• Official documentation links for code definitions and compilation procedures are provided

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 may reflect geographic bias inherent to the State of Oregon

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:20:58.968199

Geography

State of Oregon, USA