Water right · Umatilla County, Oregon, United States

Umatilla River water right 85849

Umatilla River water right 85849 is a water right in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, held by City of Pendleton.

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 85849 (Umatilla River)	Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Umatilla 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	City of Pendleton	Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow	56.6 l/s	Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date	11 Nov 1885	Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water use	Municipal uses	Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water source	Umatilla River (surface water)	Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	45.6738, -118.7532	Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How its holder compares

City of Pendleton holds 18 of the 11,944 water rights in the United States in our data with a named owner; 96 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%
City of Pendleton	97th	18	0.15%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 4 data centers, 2 power plants (1 operating, 689 MW) and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Nolin Hills	Power plant	600 MW	Planned	31 km
Portable Crusher #5	Mine	—	Operating	40 km
Amazon Web Services	Data center	—	—	44 km
Hermiston Power Partnership	Power plant	689 MW	Operating	45 km
Amazon Web Services	Data center	—	—	46 km
Amazon Web Services	Data center	—	—	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.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, 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.
Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion). Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion), Public domain by statute.