Oregon Law
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538.010Waters diverted from Ditch Creek; rights of use and appropriation; certificate; time limitation 538.020Acquisition of property necessary for storage and diversion 538.110Tumalo Creek, Deschutes County; diversion prohibited; excepted uses; existing rights 538.120Silver Creek, Marion County, and Brushes Creek, Curry County, and tributaries; diversion prohibited 538.125Certain appropriations vested notwithstanding ORS 538.120 538.130Condemnation of lands for park; vested and riparian rights not affected 538.140Diamond Lake and tributaries; diversion, interruption or appropriation of waters prohibited; excepted uses 538.150Hackett Creek, Clackamas County, and tributaries; appropriation, condemnation and diversion prohibited; protection of fish 538.160Hackett Creek; vested rights not affected; condemnation of land for park not prevented 538.170Johnson Creek in Multnomah and Clackamas Counties; limitations on appropriation or diversion 538.180Johnson Creek; existing rights; condemnation of land for park 538.190Lake of the Woods and tributaries, Klamath County; diversion, interruption or appropriation of waters prohibited; excepted uses 538.200Streams forming waterfalls near Columbia River Highway; withdrawal from appropriation or condemnation; diversion or interruption prohibited 538.210Condemnation of lands for park not prevented; vested and riparian rights not affected; condemnation of lands or appropriation of waters for fish culture not prevented 538.220Waters of Mill and Barr Creeks, Jackson County, withdrawn; exceptions 538.230Vested water rights not affected; condemnation for park not prevented 538.240[Repealed by 1963 c.95 §1] 538.250[Repealed by 1953 c.222 §3] 538.251Tributaries of Columbia River; limitations on appropriation or diversion 538.260Existing rights not affected; appropriation and use for certain purposes permitted 538.270Rogue River; withdrawal from appropriation; excepted water uses; tributaries 538.280McNulty Creek; withdrawal from appropriation; exceptions 538.290McNulty Creek; existing rights not affected 538.300Milton Creek and tributaries; withdrawal from appropriation; exception; existing rights 538.410Confirmation of water rights acquired prior to February 24, 1909, for municipal supply; rejection of applications injurious to municipal supply; statements of supply 538.420Portland’s right to waters of Bull Run and Little Sandy Rivers; vested rights not impaired; applicability of law 538.430Medford and Eagle Point Irrigation District; right to waters of Big Butte Creek; generation, sale and distribution of electric energy by irrigation district 538.440Bend; right to waters of Tumalo Creek 538.450Pendleton; right to waters of Umatilla River; notice of intent; agreement with tribes

Chapter 538 — Withdrawal of Certain Waters From Appropriation; Special Municipal and County Water Right

ORS 538.280 McNulty Creek; withdrawal from appropriation; exceptions

The waters of McNulty Creek, a tributary of Scappoose Bay, in Columbia County, are withdrawn from appropriation except for storage during the period beginning November 1 and ending on March 31 of each year in reservoirs not constructed in the channel of McNulty Creek below a line one mile west of the range line between ranges 1 and 2 west, Willamette Meridian.

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