Stephen Stearns
T44N R14E S4 SW quarter of NW quarter
medium confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- September 07, 1881
- Recorded
- September 09, 1881
- Recorder
- Geo. M. Welch
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Seal Creek
- Size
- 40.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch, Dam
Use Location
Dam at SW quarter of NW quarter of Sec 4, T44N R14E. Water used on S quarter of NE quarter and SE quarter of NW quarter of Sec 5, T44N R14E.
State Database (eWRIMS)
Potential match
This water right may match a record in eWRIMS, but the similarity is not strong enough for a confident match (33% confidence).
- Current owner
- RUSS RANCH CO., LLC
- Right type
- Appropriative
- Status
- Licensed
- Face value
- 100.0 Acre-feet per Year
- eWRIMS source
- FRANKLIN CREEK
- Application #
- A009609
Other Claims by Stephen Stearns (1)
Other Claims at This Location (13)
T44N R14E S4 SW quarter of NW quarter — 2 matched, 9 not in eWRIMS
John Hurley
1874
Not in ewrims
Stephen Stearns
1881
Potential
N.J. Filcher Jr and W.B. Filcher
1887
Not in ewrims
N.J. Filcher Jr and W.B. Filcher
1887
Matched
J.C. Morrison
1887
Potential
Mrs. Sarah Hotchkiss
1890
Not in ewrims
Mrs. Sarah Hotchkiss
1890
Not in ewrims
Robert S. Evans
1892
Matched
Benj. F. Jursler
1895
Not in ewrims
E.G. Scammon
1905
Not in ewrims
John Johnson
1907
Not in ewrims
C.E. Crowder
1908
Not in ewrims
John Shedd
1915
Not in ewrims
Uncertain Fields
- Source Name: Creek name unclear - 'Seal Creek' or possibly same as 'Real Creek'
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Notice is hereby given that I Stephen Stearns of Modoc County State of California do hereby claim 40 inches of the water of Seal Creek measured under a four inch pressure...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 145
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Notes: Second Stearns claim on same date. Dam 6 rods from north line. Claims ditch, dam and water right in use for past three years. Deputy P.S. Chapman.