high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- September 08, 1865
- Recorded
- April 01, 1895
- Recorder
- J.W. Gibbins
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Willow Creek (Surprise Valley)
- Size
- 100.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
Ranche of J.R. Baty, Surprise Valley. Ditch from west side of Willow Creek near line of Government Reserve, running 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: Surprise Valley unsurveyed in 1865 - no township/range given
Transcription
State of California, County of Siskiyou. Know all by these presents: That I, J.R. Baty, have taken a Water Ditch from Willow Creek in Surprise Valley Township from the West side of the Creek near the line of the Government Reserve and running to the Ranche of J.R. Baty and claim one hundred inches of the water.
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 317
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Notes: SISKIYOU COUNTY TRANSCRIPTION - EARLIEST CLAIM IN THE RECORDS (September 8, 1865!). Pre-dates Modoc County by 9 years. Originally filed and recorded Siskiyou County Sept 15, 1865 by F.A. Rogers, Recorder. Certified by Allen Newton, Siskiyou County Recorder, March 27, 1895, from Book 3 of Mining Claims page 260. Re-recorded in Modoc County April 1, 1895 at request of Robt Fee. Brief, simple claim format typical of 1860s.