Layer Name:  Water Device Points

 

Layer Description:

A Water Device Point represents a gwis_rw man-made device located on the surface of the earth, for example a well or a surface water pump.  The point does not represent a water-right document.

A Water Device Point may be associated with one or more water-right documents.

Many Water Device Points are initially located based on the water-right document’s source narrative description (legal description).  However, because a Water Device Point represents a gwis_rw man-made device located on the surface of the earth, it may be relocated in the Geographic Water-right Information System (GWIS) without changing the narrative description on the water-right document.  For example, if a well location is checked in the field by staff and the original mapped location is found to be in error.

The “Other” Water Device Point type designates devices that are coded incorrectly in the GWIS database.

 

Source:

Washington State Department of Ecology – Water Resources Program

gwis.gwis_rw.D_Point

 

Date:               Updated weekly

Input Scale:    Variable

Projection:      Washington State Plane, South Zone

Datum:            NAD 83 HARN

Units:              Feet