Oregon Water Rights: Points of Diversion and Places of Use

State of Oregon data depicts the location of each water right diversion point and place of use polygon. All current and individually held water rights are shown except for those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-22 and includes links to official code definitions and compilation procedures.

Use Cases

• Map water diversion infrastructure based on point locations.
• Analyze spatial distribution of water rights based on place-of-use polygons.
• Support water rights administration and compliance monitoring based on current water right information.
• Integrate water allocation data into environmental models based on geospatial features.

Strengths

• Includes both point (diversion) and polygon (place of use) geospatial data.
• Links to official documentation for code definitions and compilation procedures.
• Explicitly lists excluded water right types (e.g., irrigation districts, applications).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to datagov, being specific to Oregon.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compiled by the Oregon Water Resources Department, with procedures documented.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026 03 22 03:16:09.961752; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.