G.J. Bowman
T40N R5E S7,8,16,17,18,19,20,21,28,29 Secs 7,8,16,17,18,19,20 (irrigation use); Secs 20,21,28,29 (reservoir)
high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- January 04, 1898
- Recorded
- January 18, 1898
- Recorder
- J.W. Gibbins
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- unnamed stream (flowing into White Horse Valley)
- Size
- 20000.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Dam, Reservoir, Ditches
Use Location
Irrigation lands in Secs 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, T40N R5E MDM. Reservoir in Secs 20, 21, 28, 29 same township. Dam to impound waters creating reservoir, raising water 3 ft above high water mark and overflowing public lands. Two ditches from reservoir, each 10 ft wide, 2 ft deep. Notice posted about 30 chains south of corner to Secs 16-17-20-21.
State Database (eWRIMS)
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This water right matches a record in California's eWRIMS database (100% confidence).
- Current owner
- RRF JIMMERSON LLC
- Right type
- Statement of Div and Use
- Status
- Claimed
- Face value
- 0.0 Acre-feet per Year
- eWRIMS source
- UNNAMED STREAM
- Application #
- S003035
Other Claims at This Location (1)
T40N R5E S7,8,16,17,18,19,20,21,28,29 Secs 7,8,16,17,18,19,20 (irrigation use); Secs 20,21,28,29 (reservoir) — 0 matched, 1 not in eWRIMS
O.B. Baker and John E. Gooch
Not in ewrims
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Notice is Hereby Given that the undersigned, a citizen of the State of California, over the age of twenty-one years, hereby claims the waters flowing past the point where this notice is posted into White Horse Valley, to the extent of 20,000 inches...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 326
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Notes: LARGEST IRRIGATION CLAIM IN RECORDS - 20,000 inches! White Horse Valley reservoir spanning 4 sections. Claims right to overflow public lands. Two massive 10-ft wide ditches. Uses formal citizenship declaration. Self-referential: notes recording in 'Liber 1 of Water Claims page 323.' Compare to Madden's 10,000 inch claim - Bowman claims double.