Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) for individually held water rights in Oregon, provided by the State of Oregon. The dataset excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. It was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map water right locations based on the geospatial Points of Diversion (POD) data.
• Analyze agricultural water usage patterns based on the Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Model groundwater resource allocation based on the water right information associated with each point and polygon.

Strengths

• Includes both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data for water rights.
• Provides links to official code definitions and compilation procedures documentation.
• Last updated date is specified as 2026-03-22.

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, and other specified categories.

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

2026-03-22

Geography

Oregon, USA