Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Oregon's water rights data includes geospatial points for diversion locations and polygons for places of use. The dataset covers all current, individually held water rights, excluding those held by irrigation districts and certain temporary or limited licenses. It is maintained by the State of Oregon and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map water diversion points for hydrological modeling based on the Points of Diversion (POD) layer.
• Analyze agricultural water use patterns based on the Places of Use (POU) polygon boundaries.
• Assess water rights distribution and ownership for regulatory compliance based on the associated water right information.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly defined as covering all current and individually held water rights.
• Provides both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data layers.
• Official code definitions and compilation procedures are documented via provided URLs.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Covers current water rights; specific temporal range is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:16:09.959383; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.