Oregon Water Rights: Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Places of Use - Surface/Livestock is a geospatial dataset from the State of Oregon depicting water right locations. It includes Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) polygons for all current, individually held water 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 right locations and associated attributes based on the provided Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Analyze spatial relationships between water diversion points and agricultural or livestock use areas.
• Support water rights administration and compliance monitoring based on the documented compilation procedures.
• Conduct regional water availability assessments by aggregating individual water right data.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, JSON, KML, GeoJSON) for flexibility.
• Includes both point (POD) and polygon (POU) data for comprehensive spatial analysis.
• Official compilation procedures and code definitions are linked for documentation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Excludes water rights held by irrigation districts and other specified categories, limiting coverage.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compiled by the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) based on water right records.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:16:01.623176; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.