Water rights: places of use

The land where each water right’s water is used, as DNRC maps it (quarter-quarter sections).

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About this data

Published by: Montana DNRC Water Resources Division
Method: Downloaded from the agency’s public GIS service and split into county files.
Update frequency: Monthly
Last updated: Oct 5, 2026
Records: 553,917
Coverage: Statewide.

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Aliquot shapes, not field boundaries.

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Fields

Field	Column	Description
County	`county`
Wrs	`wrs`

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