F.O. Chapman
R17E S29
medium confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- February 11, 1878
- Recorded
- February 11, 1878
- Recorder
- A. Fitzgerald
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Jewell Creek
- Size
- 160.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation, Stock Water, Domestic
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
S part of NE quarter of Section 29 and S half of NE quarter of Section 30, Range 17 East, near Eagleville, Surprise Valley
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 number not legible in text
- Source Name: Creek name reads 'Jewell Creek' — about one mile south of Eagle Creek
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Know all men by these presents that I F.O. Chapman have on or about the 25th day of May A.D. 1875 located claimed and appropriated One Hundred and Sixty (160) inches of water flowing in Jewell Creek situated in Surprise Valley near about 1 mile south of Eagle Creek for purposes of irrigation stock water and other domestic uses...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 91
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Notes: Jewell Creek, about 1 mile south of Eagle Creek, Surprise Valley. Ditch on south bank, about 15 rods east of the Township line between Ranges 16 and 17. Running easterly. Originally claimed May 25 1875. Filed February 11 1878 from Eagleville.