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A.J. Lee

T41N R16E S26 SW half, NW quarter, S half NE quarter, N quarter SW, N quarter SE Sec 26 (use)

medium confidence

Claim Details

Filed
June 20, 1889
Recorded
July 03, 1889
Recorder
J.W. Poor
Type
Appropriation

Water Source

Source
Eagle Creek (North Branch)
Size
500.0 miner's inches
Purpose
Domestic, Irrigation
Diversion
Dam, Reservoir, Ditches

Use Location

SW half, NW quarter, S half of NE quarter, N quarter of SW and N quarter of SE Sec 26, T41N R16E MDM. Dam: 25 ft high, 55 ft wide at bottom, wood/earth/rock. Water box 3 ft wide, 3 ft deep with gate. Two ditches: westerly (2 ft top, 1 ft bottom, 6 in deep, 1+ in/rod grade, head 15 rods S30E of Sec 26 line crossing); easterly (3 ft top, 2 ft bottom, 1 ft deep, 1+ in/rod grade, head 40 rods N55E from SW corner of Sec).

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
MARY COOK DAVIS
Right type
Appropriative
Status
Licensed
Face value
99.6 Acre-feet per Year
eWRIMS source
OWL CREEK
Application #
A002842

Other Claims at This Location (24)

T41N R16E S26 SW half, NW quarter, S half NE quarter, N quarter SW, N quarter SE Sec 26 (use) — 8 matched, 5 not in eWRIMS

Thomas N. Lee
1876 Not in ewrims
Jacob Kitscher
1877 Potential
Middleton Anderson
1877 Matched
Jacob Kimerle
1879 Matched
Robert Fee
1879 Not in ewrims
J.M. Bordwell
1884 Matched
J.S. Moore
1885 Potential
Chris Christensen
1887 Matched
William H. Patterson
1889 Potential
John B. Lindemann
1889 Not in ewrims
George H. Morgan
1900 Matched
Lee Wall Shackelford
1901 Potential
W.E. Roberts
1904 Potential
W.E. Roberts
1904 Potential
W.S. Stevens
1909 Not in ewrims
Mrs. S.A. Linderman
1909 Matched
Edward R. Bunting
1910 Potential
Peter Erramouspe
1910 Potential
John Conklin
1911 Potential
John Conklin
1913 Not in ewrims
Daniel Arthur
1919 Potential

Uncertain Fields

Transcription (may be incomplete)
Notice of Claim of Reservoir Site and Water Claim. Notice is hereby given that I A.J. Lee of the County of Modoc, State of California do hereby claim the right to Construct a dam 25 feet high and 55 feet wide at the bottom across that certain Stream situate in said Modoc County commonly known as and called Eagle Creek at a point near two pine trees on the North branch of Eagle Creek...

Source Photos

Notes: Major reservoir claim spanning 3 pages. Dam 25 ft high on vacant US lands. Claims exclusive FISHING RIGHTS in reservoir - right to stock with fish and exclusive right to take/catch at all seasons. Also claims 500 inches surplus water via natural channel to ditch heads. Existing right of 500 inches from natural flow acknowledged as senior. Sworn by Frank M[?]. Recorded at request of S.J. Lee. Landmark: two pine trees on North Branch of Eagle Creek.