Owyhee County water rights

7,064 rights recorded with the state of Idaho

Open Owyhee County on the map
Surface water
3,729
Groundwater
1,668
Spring
1,667

Streams and named sources

Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.

Every right in the county, most senior first

Priority date · senior to junior

  • Before 1880
  • 1880–1899
  • 1900–1919
  • 1920–1949
  • 1950–1972
  • 1973–1999
  • 2000 and later
  • No priority date