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J.B. Lippincott, Supervising Engineer, United States Geological Survey

T47N R8E S8,17,18 Dam/reservoir in Secs 8, 17, E half 18, T47N R8E MDM; use across multiple townships in Klamath (OR) and Modoc (CA) counties

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Claim Details

Filed
December 19, 1904
Recorded
December 28, 1904
Recorder
E.G. Scammon
Type
Federal Appropriation

Water Source

Source
Lost River
Purpose
Irrigation, Domestic, Power, Mechanical, And Other Beneficial Uses
Diversion
Dam, Reservoir, Canals, Flumes, Pipes, Tunnels

Use Location

ALL unappropriated waters of Lost River, surface and underflow — 5,000 cubic feet per second. Dam in Modoc County, Secs 8-17-E½ 18, T47N R8E MDM. Use in Klamath (Oregon) and Modoc (California) counties across townships: 37S R11 and 11-1/2E; 38S R11-1/2 and 11E; 39S R10, 11-1/2, 11, 12 and 13E; 40S R10, 11, 12, 13 and 14E; 41S R10, 11, 12 and 13E (all East Willamette Meridian) AND in State of Oregon. Canals: 50 ft bottom width, side slopes 1-1/2:1, 10 ft deep, capacity 5,000 cfs. Posted Dec 19, 1904 on juniper tree on West bank of Lost River, 2480 ft bearing N30°30'E from SW corner of Sec 8.

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Current owner
US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Right type
Statement of Div and Use
Status
Claimed
Face value
0.0 Acre-feet per Year
eWRIMS source
LOST RIVER
Application #
S004910
Transcription (may be incomplete)
J.B. Lippincott, Supervising Engineer, United State Geological Survey, thereunto duly authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, for and on behalf of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat.L.388) claims... all the unappropriated waters of the Lost River, both surface and underflow, more specifically stated as amounting to five thousand cubic feet per second...

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From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 2 — Page 16 View →
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From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 2 — Page 17 View →
Notes: LANDMARK FEDERAL CLAIM — THE RECLAMATION ACT OF 1902. J.B. Lippincott was the USGS Supervising Engineer for the western US (later controversial figure in LA water wars/Owens Valley). Claims ALL unappropriated water in Lost River (5,000 cfs!) for the United States government under the Newlands Reclamation Act. Cross-state claim spanning Oregon and California. Canal specifications are massive: 50 ft wide, 10 ft deep. Related to what became the Klamath Reclamation Project. Affidavit by F.S. Chapman (page 16) confirms posting on Dec 19, 1904 — sworn before G.W. Orfield, Notary Public for Oregon, residing at Merrill. Recorded at request of F.S. Chapman Dec 28, 1904.