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Claim Details
- Filed
- June 15, 1867
- Recorded
- August 06, 1895
- Recorder
- J.W. Gibbins
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Sages Canyon Creek (Surprise Valley)
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
Ranch of C.P. Sharp, Surprise Valley. Water taken at point about half mile south of Deep Creek and 1.5 miles north of Sely [Seely?] Creek, conducted 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 1867
- Size Inches: Claims 'all the water' - no specific inches given
Transcription (may be incomplete)
State of California, County of Modoc. Know all men by these presents that I, C.P. Sharp have located a water ditch in Surprise Valley, County & State aforesaid for irrigating purposes taking all the water from Sages Canyon Creek...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
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Notes: EARLY TRANSCRIPTION (1867, pre-Modoc County). Originally filed and recorded Siskiyou County July 5, 1867 on page 33, Book 3 Record of mining & ditch claims by R.J. Green, Recorder (S.A. Royal, Deputy). Re-recorded in Modoc County Aug 6, 1895 at request of Lender & Connor. Claims 'all the water' with no inch measurement. Heading says 'County of Modoc' but that's the re-recording header; original was Siskiyou County.