Water right · Morrow County, Oregon, United States
Columbia River groundwater water right 79242
Columbia River groundwater water right 79242 is a water right in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | Water right 79242 (Columbia River groundwater) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Morrow County, Oregon | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Active (certificate) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Flow | 44.7 l/s | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 29 Apr 1975 | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Irrigation | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | Columbia River groundwater (groundwater) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 45.6105, -119.8524 | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow it compares by diversion rate
Columbia River groundwater water right 79242 is the 6,886th-largest of 11,179 water rights in Oregon and the 11,457th-largest of 20,031 in the United States by diversion rate, with 44.7 l/s. Its register states no face-value volume, only a maximum diversion rate, so it is ranked by that rate among the water rights in our data that state one. A rate is the most the right allows at any moment, not what is used, so rates are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 6,886th of 11,179 |
| United States | 11,457th of 20,031 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 10 data centers and 9 power plants (3 operating, 1,811 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boardman | Power plant | 642 MW | Closed | 9.8 km |
| Carty Generating Station | Power plant | 500 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Percheron DC | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Wheatridge Optimization II | Power plant | 190 MW | Under construction | 18 km |
| amazon web services data center, Morrow County | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Amazon Web Services | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Place
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion. Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion, CC0 1.0 Universal.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion). Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion), Public domain by statute.