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Claim Details
- Filed
- July 19, 1879
- Recorded
- July 19, 1879
- Recorder
- Geo. H. Knight
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- North Fork of Parker Creek
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
Multiple quarter sections described across several sections and townships in 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
- Size Inches: Amount stated on previous/continuation pages
Transcription (may be incomplete)
...at the surface one foot wide, at the bottom and one foot deep and thence convey said water as nearly due North as the surface... if the soil will permit... carrying and distributing... by one ditch the waters of certain two small tributaries... of said North Fork of Parker Creek... to the lands of the ditch of Thomas J. Lee on Sec. 28 Twp. 44 North R 15 E, MDM...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 115
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Notes: Continuation from page 114. Four signatories: Thomas J. Lee, J.C. Welcome, Edward Hart, A.L. Page. Multiple sections listed: SW quarter of NE quarter, S half of NW quarter, E half of SW quarter, etc. across sections 21, 28, 29. Ditch connects as now constructed to carry the additional water claimed. July 19, 1879.