W.W. Degley
T39N S21 NE quarter
medium confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- August 26, 1879
- Recorded
- August 29, 1879
- Recorder
- Geo. H. Knight
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Bear Creek (Small Creek)
- Size
- 75.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
NE quarter of Section 21, Township 39 North Range [E], Jess Valley, Modoc County, California
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
- Range: Range number not clearly legible
- Source Name: Listed as 'this Creek (Small Creek)' - may be Bear Creek
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Notice — I have this day filed upon seventy five (75) inches of water, being a measurement of the waters of this Creek (Small Creek)... said 75 inches of inches to be measured under a four (4) inch pressure. The water so claimed to be used for irrigating purposes upon the lands of the undersigned situated in sections 12 and 13 Township 39 North Range... East, Mount Diable Meridian...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 116
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Notes: Short notice format rather than full claim. Ditch described as twelve feet in width, ten to fifteen inches in depth. Jess Valley, Modoc County. Dated May 30th A.D. 1879. Recorded August 29th.