GIS Information
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The Division of Water Rights uses Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to manage water right information. Specifically the Division uses ArcGIS software. Links available from this page allow downloading of GIS data and/or output products for use on your own system. In general you must have some type of GIS software to use this information.
Resources:
Water Right Maps
The Division produces several maps of use to people who work with water rights. Most of the maps are created using the ESRI JavaScript API. Others have been captured in Adobe Acrobat format and are available for downloading and printing.
Water Right Coverages and Related Tables
The Division provides feature classes to download using Open SGID. The Open SGID is a cloud hosted, publicly available PostGIS database containing our curated SGID data. Other Water Right data from the Division's databases can also be downloaded to create related database tables for spatial information using links on the GIS Data and Related Tables page.
Location Calculator
A database application for converting point descriptions to different location systems. The application supports Latitude/Longitude, UTM, Stateplane Coordinates, and Public Land Survey locations.
Address Calculator
A geocoding service for finding geographic coordinates from street addresses. The coordinates are then mapped on the Division's mapserver.
WRPLAT Point of Diversion Search
Search for points of diversion by PLSS Section or Township.