690-325-0050 Map Requirements (1) A map shall be included with the application required under OAR 690-325-0040. The map shall meet the following criteria: (a) The map shall be prepared by a certified water right examiner. (b) The map shall be based upon the original water right application map or permit amendment map. (c) The map shall not include: (A) Any unauthorized change to the location of the authorized place of use outside of its original perimeters as exhibited on the original water right application map or approved permit amendment application map. (B) Any unauthorized change to the location of the point(s) of diversion/appropriation as exhibited on the original water right application map or approved permit amendment application map. (d) 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. (e) The preferred map size is 8-1/2" x 11" (letter). 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. (f) 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. (g) The map scale shall be: (A) 1" = 400'; (B) 1" = 1,320'; (C) The scale of the county assessor map if the scale is not smaller than 1" = 1,320'; or (D) Another standard engineering scale if the Department grants advance written or e-mail approval of the use of the scale. (h) Horizontal field accuracy shall be consistent with standard surveying practices for the purpose of locating and quantifying water rights. (i) The map shall be plotted to the accuracy consistent with the map scale. (j) 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: (A) Degrees-minutes-seconds with at least one digit after the decimal in the seconds portion (e.g., 42-1/4 32' 15.5"); or (B) Degrees-decimal with five or more digits after the decimal (e.g., 42.53764°). (2) The map shall include the following information: (a) A north arrow, the scale, and a clear legend. (b) The certified water rights examiner's stamp and signature. An electronically generated stamp or seal is acceptable, provided the signature is original. (c) The place of use of each applicant’s portion of the water right permit shall be clearly defined by outline and shaded or hachured and shall show the number of acres for each portion 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 permit has multiple priority dates or uses, the lands to be served by each priority date and on which each use is authorized, must be separately identified. (d) The place of use of any part of the water right permit not being assigned shall be clearly defined by outline and 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 portion of the water right permit not being assigned has multiple priority dates or uses, the lands to be served by each priority date and on which each use is authorized, must be separately identified. (e) Each applicant’s portion of the water right permit shall be referenced, by either alphabet letter or number, to each assignee’s listed in the application form under OAR 690-325-0040(2). (f) The rate and any applicable acre-feet allowance of water use under the water right permit for each applicant’s portion of the permit shall be clearly labeled on the map. (g) The location of each authorized point of diversion or appropriation. (h) The location of tax lot lines for all properties upon which the water right permit is located. (i) The location of township, range, section, quarter-quarter section, donation land claim, and other recognized public land survey lines. (j) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1)(i), the general location of main canals, ditches, flumes, pipelines, pumps, or other water delivery features. (k) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1)(i), the general location of physical features sufficient to assist in defining the location of the place of use of the water right permit. These features may include, but are not limited to, rivers, creeks, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, roads, railroads, fences, and direction of flow, if appropriate. Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 537.225 History: WRD 4-2014, f. & cert. ef. 11-25-14