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Joseph Burns

T45N R16E S11,12,14

medium confidence

Claim Details

Filed
July 25, 1887
Recorded
August 01, 1887
Recorder
I.B. Reese
Type
Appropriation

Water Source

Source
Twelve Mile Creek
Size
2000.0 miner's inches
Purpose
Irrigation, Domestic
Diversion
Ditch

Use Location

Forks of Twelve Mile Creek, about 100 yards above forks, about 3/4 mile below existing ditch. Water for Sec 11, 12, 14 Tp 45N R16E. Also Lieberman Ranch (now owned by V.I. Cressler) and Whittmore Ranch (known as Kapades Ranch). Complex ditch route: easterly north to juniper/Mountain Mahogany point, south 1.5 miles crossing Warner Road, SE 1 mile past Cow Head Lake, SW and south to 8 Mile Hill, around Cow Head Lake or Lake Mary.

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.

Other Claims by Joseph Burns (3)

Other Claims at This Location (10)

T45N R16E S11,12,14 — 1 matched, 4 not in eWRIMS

Ralph Neasham
1874 Potential
William Shartel
1874 Matched
C.F. Harris
1874 Potential
Albert Shuler & B.H. Inoss
1877 Not in ewrims
Samuel Weller
1877 Potential
J.L. Page
1878 Potential
F.W. Chapin
1879 Not in ewrims
F.W. Chapin
1880 Not in ewrims
Mrs. Mary L. Seits
1910 Not in ewrims

eWRIMS Records at This Location (6)

Other water rights registered with the state at T45N R16E S11,12,14 — possibly descendants or successors to unregistered pre-1914 rights.

JOHN CAREY
Appropriative Licensed
UNST — A017333
EVELYN MOORE
Stockpond Certified
UNST — C002908
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Claims Claimed
UNSP — F007441S
DARRELL DEPAUL
Statement of Div and Use Claimed
HEATH CREEK — S014173
DAVID BONECK
Statement of Div and Use Claimed
HEATH CREEK — S014418
William Kinnear
Statement of Div and Use Claimed
SHARTEL CANYON CREEK — S016127

Uncertain Fields

Transcription (may be incomplete)
Fort Bidwell July 25th 1887. I the undersigned claim two thousand (2000) inches of water at the forks of twelve (12) mile Creek about one hundred (100) yards more or less above the forks of said twelve (12) mile creek about three fourths (3/4) of a mile more or less below the ditch which I already have dug. The water out of said ditch is to be used for irrigation and all domestic purposes on Sec 11, 12 & 14 Township 45 N R 16 E on the lands which I claim and on the land known as the Lieberman Ranch now owned by V.I. Cressler and on the Whittmore Ranch known as the Kapades Ranch...

Source Photos

Notes: LARGE claim, Fort Bidwell area. Signed with his mark (X), witnessed by George Vollgraff. Complex ditch route referencing multiple ranches and landmarks. Joseph Burns signed with 'his mark' - likely illiterate.