high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- September 06, 1898
- Recorded
- September 10, 1898
- Recorder
- J.W. Gibbins
- Type
- Agreement
Water Source
- Source
- Cottonwood Creek (Surprise Valley)
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditches (Existing, Owned In Common)
Use Location
Cottonwood Creek lands, Surprise Valley. Patterson (of Reno, Nevada) owns 1,880 acres; McClintock owns 240 acres. Water shared proportionally by acreage.
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 specific township/section given - describes Cottonwood Creek lands generally
Transcription (may be incomplete)
This Agreement made this Sixth day of September A.D. 1898 Between W.H. Patterson of Reno, Washoe County, State of Nevada, and Frank McClintock, of Surprise Valley, Modoc County, State of California. Witnesseth: that the said parties hereto hereby agree to use the waters of Cottonwood Creek for the purpose of irrigation in Common...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 330
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From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 1
— Page 333
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Notes: WATER-SHARING AGREEMENT, not a new appropriation. Proportional allocation by acreage: Patterson 1,880 acres, McClintock 240 acres. Existing ditches owned in common. Patterson grants McClintock right to build ditches across his land. Patterson is from Reno, Nevada (absentee landowner). Notarized by T.H. Johnston. Pages 328-329.