Water right · Wasco County, Oregon, United States
Starvout Creek groundwater water right G 15989
Starvout Creek groundwater water right G 15989 is a permitted water right in Wasco County, Oregon, United States, held by The Miller Ranch Co.
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 G 15989 (Starvout Creek groundwater) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Wasco County, Oregon | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (permit) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | The Miller Ranch Co. | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Flow | 359 l/s | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 14 Apr 2005 | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Agriculture uses, Irrigation | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | Starvout Creek groundwater (groundwater) | Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 45.4877, -121.0853 | 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
Starvout Creek groundwater water right G 15989 is the 650th-largest of 11,179 water rights in Oregon and the 841st-largest of 20,031 in the United States by diversion rate, with 359 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 | 650th of 11,179 |
| United States | 841st of 20,031 |
How its holder compares
The Miller Ranch Co. holds 2 of the 11,944 water rights in the United States in our data with a named owner; 1,038 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% |
| The Miller Ranch Co. | 1,039th | 2 | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 8 power plants (3 operating, 4,429 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dalles | Power plant | 1,820 MW | Operating | 15 km |
| Data center | — | — | 18 km | |
| Google The Dalles | Data center | 154 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| Google Data Center The Dalles Oregon | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Cedar Island Solar LLC | Power plant | 800 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| Deschutes Solar and BESS | Power plant | 2,000 MW | Planned | 37 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.