medium confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- September 02, 1872
- Recorded
- January 07, 1884
- Recorder
- P.S. Chapman
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- west branch of Soldiers Creek
- Size
- 200.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
Surprise Valley. Ditch 50 inches wide, 13 inches deep, 3/4 mile length. First right of water on record from said creek.
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: 200 inches from web reading - may need verification
Transcription (may be incomplete)
William Brown claims two hundred inches of water flowing in the west branch of Soldiers Creek Surprise Valley and has constructed a ditch...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 164
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From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 165
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Notes: SISKIYOU TRANSCRIPTION. Filed Sept 1872. Claims first right on record. Lake City area. Transcribed to Modoc Jan 7, 1884.