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Claim Details

Filed
June 01, 1879
Recorded
June 25, 1879
Recorder
Geo. H. Knight
Type
Appropriation

Water Source

Source
North Fork of Parker Creek
Size
200.0 miner's inches
Purpose
Irrigation, Watering Stock
Diversion
Ditch

Use Location

Multiple sections described on the east side of Surprise Valley near Bidwell area

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

Transcription (may be incomplete)
Water Notice — Parker Creek. Know all men by these presents that we whose names are signatories... have this day claimed and located and by these presents do claim and locate for the purpose of irrigation and of watering stock... two hundred (200) inches or measured under a four inch pressure of the waters flowing in the North Fork of Parker Creek...

Source Photos

Notes: Bottom of page 114, continues to page 115. Multiple signatories including Theodore Houstely as claimant. Two ditches described.