Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Oregon's water rights data includes Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) for individually held water rights. The dataset, maintained by the State of Oregon Water Resources Department, excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. It was last updated on March 15, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping water diversion infrastructure based on point locations
• Analyzing spatial distribution of water rights based on place-of-use polygons
• Supporting water resource management decisions based on current water right records

Strengths

• Includes both point (diversion) and polygon (use) geospatial data
• Provides official code definitions and compilation procedures via linked documentation
• Last updated date is explicitly stated as 2026-03-15

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
• Excludes rights held by irrigation districts and other specified entities, limiting coverage

Provenance

Source

State of 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 2026-03-15 02:15:36.914805

Geography

State of Oregon, USA