Oregon Water Rights: Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) for water rights in Oregon, compiled by the Oregon Water Resources Department. The dataset includes all current and individually held water rights, excluding those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. Code definitions and compilation procedures are documented in linked PDFs.

Use Cases

• Map water diversion points for resource management based on the geospatial location data.
• Analyze water rights distribution and associated uses based on the described place-of-use polygons.
• Support regulatory compliance and planning by identifying current, individually held water rights.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, and KML for flexibility.
• Official documentation for code definitions and compilation procedures is linked.

Limitations

• 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, 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 03:17:42.536523; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.