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J.M. Thompson

T45N R13E S26,27 1551 ft N81°8'E from M.P. in line between Secs 26 and 27, T45N R13E (diversion from south end of Goose Lake)

high confidence

Claim Details

Filed
December 26, 1903
Recorded
December 26, 1903
Recorder
E.J. Gammon
Type
Appropriation

Water Source

Source
Goose Lake
Size
12000.0 miner's inches
Purpose
Irrigation, Domestic
Diversion
Ditch

Use Location

Pit River Valley (various lands owned by applicant and others). Diversion from South end of Goose Lake, 1551 ft N81°8'E from M.P. in line between Secs 26 and 27, T45N R13E MDM (posted on a board firmly imbedded in ground, at least 1 ft above surface). Southerly about 3 miles contiguous or near the Old Pit River Bed, emptying into Pit River. Then diverted from Pit River at various points for irrigating Pit River Valley. Ditch 20 ft wide top, 10 ft wide bottom, 4 ft deep.

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.

Other Claims at This Location (4)

T45N R13E S26,27 1551 ft N81°8'E from M.P. in line between Secs 26 and 27, T45N R13E (diversion from south end of Goose Lake) — 0 matched, 4 not in eWRIMS

Martin Henderson
1875 Not in ewrims
C. Laure
1888 Not in ewrims
A.A. Smith
1888 Not in ewrims
C.H. McKendree
1912 Not in ewrims

eWRIMS Records at This Location (1)

Other water rights registered with the state at T45N R13E S26,27 1551 ft N81°8'E from M.P. in line between Secs 26 and 27, T45N R13E (diversion from south end of Goose Lake) — possibly descendants or successors to unregistered pre-1914 rights.

U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNST — F003327C
Transcription (may be incomplete)
J.M. Thompson... 12000 inches... North end of body of water known as Goose Lake... South end of said Lake... Southerly direction, a distance of about 3 miles, contiguous or near the Old Pit River Bed; thence emptying into Pit River and to be diverted from said Pit River at various points to be used in irrigating Pit River Valley...

Source Photos

Notes: FINAL ENTRY IN BOOK 1 and one of the most ambitious. 12,000 inches from GOOSE LAKE - the largest natural body of water in the region (30+ miles long, straddling CA-OR border). Plan: divert from south end of lake → 3 miles along Old Pit River Bed → into Pit River → redistribute at various points across Pit River Valley. The Old Pit River Bed reference suggests the historic connection between Goose Lake and Pit River (which dried up as lake levels dropped). Canal-scale ditch: 20 ft wide, 4 ft deep. 'Various lands owned by applicant and others' suggests commercial irrigation scheme. Filed and recorded same day Dec 26, 1903. Witnesses: N.A. Cornish, L.S. Smith. Recorded at request of N.A. Cornish.