Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Division 380 - WATER RIGHT TRANSFERS
Section 690-380-3100 - Map Requirements

(a) Except as otherwise provided under OAR chapter 690, division 380 or 382, the map shall be prepared by a certified water right examiner.

(b) The map shall be of permanent quality and shall be printed with dark ink on a good quality paper that is easily reproduced on a standard copy machine. Color copies that cannot be easily interpreted when copied to black and white will not be accepted.

(c) The preferred map size is 8-1/2" x 11" (letter) at the scale of the final proof or adjudication map for the existing right of record, with supplemental detail maps as needed. If a larger map is required to provide sufficient detail, a size of 8-1/2" x 14" (legal) or 11" x 17" (oversized) may be used.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(c) of this rule, a map size of up to 30" x 30" may be used if one additional copy is submitted.

(e) The map scale shall be:

(f) Horizontal field accuracy shall be consistent with standard surveying practices for the purpose of locating and quantifying water rights.

(g) The map shall be plotted to the accuracy consistent with the map scale.

(h) The locations of points of diversion or appropriation and places of use shall be described by distance and bearing or coordinates (distance north or south and east or west) from a recognized survey corner or by latitude-longitude coordinates. Latitude-longitude coordinates shall be expressed as either:

(i) If the proposed transfer involves changes in place of use or character of use for more than three water rights, a separate map shall be provided for each water right.

(j) If existing final proof survey maps on file with the Department accurately identify the points of diversion or appropriation and the place of use for the water rights affected by the proposed transfer and include the information described in section (2) of this rule, on advance written or e-mail approval by the Department, the existing final proof survey maps may be submitted to meet the requirements of OAR 690-380-3000(18).

(a) A north arrow, the scale, and a clear legend;

(b) The certified water rights examiner's stamp and signature, if applicable. An electronically generated stamp or seal is acceptable provided the signature is original;

(c) The location of each existing and proposed point of diversion or appropriation;

(d) For a change in point of diversion or appropriation that does not also include a change in place of use, identification of the lands to be served by the proposed point of diversion or appropriation. If the proposed point of diversion or appropriation is intended to serve the entire right of record, a copy of the existing final proof survey map for the right of record may be submitted to satisfy this requirement. If the proposed point of diversion or appropriation is not intended to serve the entire right of record, the specific lands to be served shall be identified and the number of certificated acres to be served by the new point of diversion or appropriation shall be listed;

(e) For a change in place of use or character of use, the location of the authorized and proposed place of use of the water. If the application is for irrigation, nursery use, cranberry use, or other similar uses, the place of use indicated on the map shall be shaded or hachured and shall show the number of acres in each quarter-quarter section, government lot, or quarter-quarter section as projected within government lots, donation land claims, or other recognized public land survey subdivisions. If the water right involved in the proposed transfer has multiple priority dates or uses, the lands to be served by each priority date and on which each use is proposed must be separately identified;

(f) The location of any part of the right not involved in the proposed transfer. For transfers involving less than 67 percent of the entire place of use of the right, the map shall include at least the location of the portions of the right not involved in the proposed transfer which are included in the same quarter-quarter sections as the proposed transfer. The applicant shall have the burden of proving the proposed transfer involves less than 67 percent of the entire place of use of the water use subject to transfer. However, the Department may require a greater portion of the use subject to transfer or the entire use subject to transfer be mapped, if necessary to make a determination of potential injury;

(g) The location of township, range, section, quarter-quarter section, donation land claim, and other recognized public land survey lines;

(h) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1)(g), the general location of main canals, ditches, flumes, pipelines, pumps, or other water delivery features;

(i) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1)(g), the general location of physical features sufficient to assist in defining the location of the place of use of the water use subject to transfer. These features may include, but are not limited to, rivers, creeks, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, roads, railroads, fences, and direction of flow, if appropriate; and

(j) The location of property lines for the property involved in the transfer, in the vicinity of the transfer. For transfer of municipal, quasi-municipal, and other similar rights, the property lines need not be shown, however, the service area boundaries shall be indicated.