low confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- June 08, 1877
- Recorded
- June 08, 1877
- Recorder
- A. Fitzgerald
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Razor Creek
- Size
- 100.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Dam And Ditch
Use Location
Surprise Valley, Modoc County, land of B.B. Runyon; East half of North West quarter, the East half of the South East quarter of Section, Township South Range East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian
State Database (eWRIMS)
Not in state DB
This water right does not appear in California's eWRIMS database. The holder likely has not filed a Statement of Diversion and Use with the State Water Resources Control Board. Pre-1914 rights are only in eWRIMS if holders voluntarily filed — many have not, making these rights less visible to the state.
Uncertain Fields
- Township: Township/Range numbers not legible - mentions 'South Range East'
- Size Inches: Text reads 'one hundred (100) inches' but partially obscured
- Source Name: Reads 'Razor Creek' or possibly 'Rasor Creek', flowing in 'Razor Canyon'
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Notice is hereby given that I John B. Runyon claim one hundred inches of water measured by a four inch gage flowing in Razor Creek, Surprise Valley, Modoc County, California, the said water to be diverted by a Dam and conveyed by a ditch ten feet deep and about two feet wide beginning at the mouth of Razor Canyon and running due East and southeasterly directly on until it strikes the Land of B.B. Runyon...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 75
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Notes: Water diverted at mouth of Razor Canyon (connected to Eagle Creek area). Dam and ditch construction. Land of B.B. Runyon mentioned. Township and Range numbers partially illegible. Dated May 25th 1877.