Oregon Water Rights Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) for individually held water rights in Oregon, maintained by the State of Oregon. The dataset excludes water rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. It was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map water diversion locations based on the Points of Diversion (POD) feature.
• Analyze spatial distribution of water usage based on the Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Support water rights administration and compliance monitoring based on the associated water right information.

Strengths

• Data is maintained by the authoritative State of Oregon source.
• Provides both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data for water rights.
• Includes links to current code definitions and compilation procedures for documentation.

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.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compiled by the Oregon Water Resources Department, procedures documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:18:28.395171; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.