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, maintained by the Oregon Water Resources Department. 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

• Mapping water diversion infrastructure based on point location data.
• Analyzing agricultural water use patterns based on place-of-use polygon data.
• Modeling water rights ownership and allocation based on associated water right information.

Strengths

• Includes all current, individually held water rights in Oregon.
• Provides both point (diversion) and polygon (use) geospatial data.
• Last updated on 2026-03-22, suggesting active maintenance.

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 and other specified categories, limiting completeness for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon, 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 03:16:28.838991

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.