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Claim Details
- Filed
- June 15, 1867
- Recorded
- January 17, 1888
- Recorder
- I.B. Reese
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Vixie Canyon Creek
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
Surprise Valley. Ditch taking all water from Vixie Canyon Creek at point about half mile south of Deep Creek and 1.5 miles north of Bitty Creek, conducting to ranch.
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
- Township: No T/R in original 1867 filing
- Size Inches: Claims 'all the water' but no inch measurement given
Transcription
C.T. Sharp Ditch Claim. State of California, County of Siskiyou. Know all men by these presents that I C.T. Sharp have located a water ditch in Surprise Valley County and State aforesaid for irrigation purposes taking all the water from Vixie Canyon Creek at a point about one half mile south of Deep Creek and one and a half miles North of Bitty creek and conducting the same to my ranch. Surprise Valley. June 15 1867. C.T. Sharp. Filed for record and recorded July 5th 1867. R.J. Gwin Recorder.
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 225
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From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 226
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Notes: SISKIYOU COUNTY TRANSCRIPTION: Very early claim (1867). Originally filed in Siskiyou County Mining Claims Book 3 page 384. Certified copy by A.H. Burrows, County Recorder, January 12, 1888. Claims 'all the water' - no specific inches. Surprise Valley was in Siskiyou County in 1867.