Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) for all current, individually held water rights in Oregon, excluding rights held by irrigation districts and certain other categories. The data is maintained by the State of Oregon's Water Resources Department and was last updated in March 2026. Code definitions and compilation procedures are documented in linked PDFs.

Use Cases

• Mapping water right locations based on the geospatial points of diversion and polygons of use.
• Analyzing groundwater and surface water allocation patterns based on the water right information.
• Supporting regulatory compliance and water rights administration based on the documented current rights.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly for all current, individually held water rights, providing a defined scope.
• Includes links to official code definitions and compilation procedures for documentation.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, GeoJSON) suitable for GIS analysis.

Limitations

• Excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses, which may be a significant gap.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon, likely the Oregon Water Resources Department.

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:18:18.427966; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.