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 included, except for those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. The State of Oregon maintains this dataset, which was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map water appropriation points based on the Points of Diversion (POD) location data
• Analyze spatial distribution of water usage based on Places of Use (POU) polygon data
• Study water rights ownership and allocation patterns for individually held rights
• Integrate water rights data with land use or ecological datasets for environmental impact studies

Strengths

• Includes all current and individually held water rights in Oregon
• Provides both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data
• Official documentation and code definitions are linked from the Oregon government

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 document is linked from the Oregon Water Resources Department

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:16:39.033779; freshness should be verified

Geography

State of Oregon, USA