Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

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

Use Cases

• Mapping water right locations based on the described Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Analyzing water allocation for groundwater and mining activities based on the dataset's domain tags.
• Integrating water rights data with other geospatial layers for land-use planning based on the provided KML and GeoJSON formats.

Strengths

• Includes both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data for water rights.
• Provides official code definitions and compilation procedures via linked Oregon government documents.
• Available in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, KML, and GeoJSON for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• 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 from the Oregon Water Resources Department.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:20:21.007458

Geography

State of Oregon, USA