low confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- October 01, 1879
- Recorded
- October 01, 1879
- Recorder
- Geo. H. Knight
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- unnamed creek/water source
- Size
- 2500.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
Multiple sections listed including NW quarter of Section 14, SW quarter, E half of NW quarter, and many more sections
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: Reads as 2500 but very large claim
- Source Name: Source not clearly identified on visible portion
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Water Notice — Joseph Rains. Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Rains of Modoc County Cal. have this day located for the purposes of irrigating upon my lands to wit...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 121
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Notes: Bottom of page 118. Dense section descriptions. Entry begins at bottom of page and may continue. Very large claim of 2500 inches. Multiple sections referenced.