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Joachim Bohrnsen

T42N R13E S8,17,18 SE quarter SW quarter and SW quarter SE quarter Sec 8; NE quarter NW quarter and NW quarter NE quarter Sec 17; NE quarter NE quarter Sec 18; W half NW quarter Sec 17; SW quarter SW quarter Sec 8 (use)

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Claim Details

Filed
February 09, 1901
Recorded
February 15, 1901
Recorder
E.J. Gammon
Type
Appropriation

Water Source

Source
Stockdill-Slippy Slough
Size
400.0 miner's inches
Purpose
Irrigation, Sub Irrigation, Stock
Diversion
Dam (Five Dams, Flood Irrigation No Ditches Or Flumes)

Use Location

Multiple quarter-sections in Secs 8, 17, 18, T42N R13E MDBM. Five dams along slough channel from SE corner SW¼ SW¼ Sec 8 to SW corner NE¼ NE¼ Sec 18. Water thrown out by dams to overflow onto lands WITHOUT ditches or flumes.

State Database (eWRIMS)

Matched

This water right matches a record in California's eWRIMS database (67% confidence).

Current owner
U S FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
Right type
Appropriative
Status
Licensed
Face value
1191.0 Acre-feet per Year
eWRIMS source
STOCKDILL SLOUGH
Application #
A001042

Other Claims at This Location (30)

T42N R13E S8,17,18 SE quarter SW quarter and SW quarter SE quarter Sec 8; NE quarter NW quarter and NW quarter NE quarter Sec 17; NE quarter NE quarter Sec 18; W half NW quarter Sec 17; SW quarter SW quarter Sec 8 (use) — 7 matched, 11 not in eWRIMS

Transcription (may be incomplete)
Joachim Bohrnsen... Four Hundred Inches... in what is commonly called or known as 'The Stockdill-Slippy Slough'... five dams now constructed... thrown out upon and overflows, without the use of ditches or flumes...

Source Photos

Notes: TYPED. Unique diversion method - FIVE dams cause water to overflow directly onto adjacent lands without any ditches or flumes. 'Stockdill-Slippy Slough' is a colorful name. Includes 'sub-irrigation' as a purpose (rare). Sworn before E.G. Scammon, County Auditor. Posted Feb 11, 1901.