high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- May 20, 1866
- Recorded
- October 01, 1889
- Recorder
- J.W. Poor
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Smith Creek (or branch thereof, Surprise Valley)
- Size
- 200.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
Use Location
Surprise Valley area (no specific section given in original 1866 filing).
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 township/range given - Surprise Valley was unsurveyed in 1866
- Date Recorded: Modoc County recording date partially illegible - approximately Oct 1889
Transcription
George Wimer Water Claim. Notice. I have this day taken up, located and do claim Two hundred (200) inches of water now running in this Stream or Smith Creek or branch, for the purpose of irrigation. Also the right of way. George Wimer. Surprise Valley, Siskiyou County, California May 20th 1866.
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 274
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From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 275
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Notes: SISKIYOU COUNTY TRANSCRIPTION - one of the EARLIEST claims (1866, predating Modoc County creation in 1874). Originally filed in Siskiyou County May 7, 1866 before H.H. Salisbury JP. Recorded in Siskiyou June 6, 1866 (Book 5 page 289 Mining Records). Certified by M.H. Burrows, Siskiyou County Recorder. Re-recorded in Modoc County ~Oct 1889 at request of John [?]. Claims right of way as well as water.