Oregon Water Rights: Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Points of Diversion and Places of Use data for water rights in Oregon, provided by the State of Oregon. The dataset includes current, individually held water rights but excludes those 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 for resource planning based on the Points of Diversion (POD) data.
• Analyze spatial distribution of water usage for agricultural or recreational areas based on Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Verify compliance and track water right ownership based on the associated water right information.
• Model hydrological impacts of water diversions on surface water systems.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative State of Oregon government source.
• Includes both point (POD) and polygon (POU) geospatial data for comprehensive spatial analysis.
• Official code definitions and compilation procedures are documented via provided URLs.

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 rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses, which may limit scope.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon

Collection Method

Compiled by the Oregon Water Resources Department, as indicated by the provided procedures document.

Time Range

Covers current water rights; specific temporal range is not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:15:49.833890; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.