Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) data from the State of Oregon Water Resources Department. The dataset depicts the location of each water right diversion point and associated place-of-use polygon, providing basic information about the associated water rights. It includes all current and individually held water rights except for those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses.

Use Cases

• Map water right locations based on geospatial point and polygon data mentioned in the description.
• Analyze water allocation for groundwater and recreation purposes based on the dataset's stated focus.
• Verify legal water use boundaries for regulatory compliance based on the documented water rights.
• Model hydrological impacts of water diversions based on the point-of-diversion locations.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, JSON, KML, GeoJSON) for flexibility.
• Official compilation procedures and code definitions are documented via provided URLs.
• Last updated date is explicitly recorded as 2026-03-22 03:17:25.231129.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon Water Resources Department.

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented at a provided URL.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:17:25.231129; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.