Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

A dataset from the State of Oregon depicting the location of water right diversion points (POD) and place of use polygons (POU). It includes basic information about associated water rights, covering all current and individually held rights except for those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. The data was last updated on 2026-03-22.

Use Cases

• Mapping water right locations based on the described Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Analyzing water allocation patterns based on the described water right information.
• Integrating water rights data into environmental models based on the described geospatial features.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, JSON, KML, GeoJSON).
• Official compilation procedures and code definitions are linked in the description.
• Last updated on 2026-03-22 03:20:16.171342.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes specific exclusions (e.g., irrigation district rights, applications).

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Covers current water rights; specific temporal coverage is not detailed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:20:16.171342.

Geography

Oregon, United States.