Water right · Hood River County, Oregon, United States
Reservoir to White River water right 82974
Reservoir to White River water right 82974 is a water right in Hood River County, Oregon, United States, held by Badger Improvement District.
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 82974 (Reservoir to White River) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Hood River 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 |
| Holder | Badger Improvement District | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Flow | 350 l/s | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 20 Mar 1951 | 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 | Reservoir to White River (surface water) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 45.3030, -121.5588 | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this water right and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, its use, its transfers and the land it serves, and an introduction to the holder.
Request researchHow it compares by diversion rate
Reservoir to White River water right 82974 is the 673rd-largest of 11,179 water rights in Oregon and the 867th-largest of 20,031 in the United States by diversion rate, with 350 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 | 673rd of 11,179 |
| United States | 867th of 20,031 |
How its holder compares
Badger Improvement District holds 4 of the 11,944 water rights in the United States in our data with a named owner; 533 owners have more. Counts cover the water rights in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Holder in United States | Rank | Water rights | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Gold Mines LLC | 1st | 411 | 3.4% |
| Washoe County | 2nd | 200 | 1.7% |
| Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | 3rd | 194 | 1.6% |
| Southern Nevada Water Authority | 4th | 126 | 1.1% |
| Great Basin Water Co. | 5th | 125 | 1% |
| Badger Improvement District | 534th | 4 | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 5 power plants (2 operating, 2,982 MW) and 4 data centers (1 operating, 154 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deschutes Solar and BESS | Power plant | 2,000 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Oak Grove | Power plant | 51 MW | Idle | 45 km |
| Data center | — | — | 45 km | |
| Google The Dalles | Data center | 154 MW | Operating | 45 km |
| Google Data Center The Dalles Oregon | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| The Dalles | Power plant | 1,820 MW | Operating | 48 km |
Holder and place
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.