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 surface and livestock water rights. The dataset, maintained by the State of Oregon, was last updated on March 22, 2026. It excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses.

Use Cases

• Map water diversion points for agricultural planning based on the geospatial POD locations.
• Analyze water rights distribution for livestock operations based on the surface water and livestock tags.
• Verify legal water use boundaries based on the described Places of Use (POU) polygons.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, JSON, KML, GeoJSON).
• Official compilation procedures and code definitions are documented via provided URLs.
• Last updated date is precisely recorded (2026-03-22 03:15:40.699693).

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.
• Data excludes several water right types (e.g., irrigation districts, applications), limiting scope.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented at a provided URL.

Time Range

Current water rights as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:15:40.699693; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA