Mahlon Cannon
T39N R8E S20 NW quarter of NW quarter of Sec 20, T39N R8E (use); diversion on public highway where Hays Creek crosses on claim of Billy Woods (Indian)
high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- May 20, 1904
- Recorded
- July 03, 1906
- Recorder
- T.H. Ballard
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Hays Creek
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Dam, Ditch
Use Location
NW quarter of NW quarter of Sec 20, T39N R8E MDM. Diversion on public highway where Hays Creek crosses highway on claim of 'Billy Woods (Indian).' Ditch 2 ft wide bottom, 1 ft deep minimum. From Lookout, Cal.
State Database (eWRIMS)
Potential match
This water right may match a record in eWRIMS, but the similarity is not strong enough for a confident match (33% confidence).
- Current owner
- TOM GIFFORD
- Right type
- Appropriative
- Status
- Licensed
- Face value
- 42.0 Acre-feet per Year
- eWRIMS source
- TURNER CREEK
- Application #
- A020063
Uncertain Fields
- Size Inches: Claims 'the whole' of the water flowing in Hays Creek — no specific amount
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Mahlon Cannon... hereby claim the water flowing in the channel of Hays Creek and the whole thereof for the purpose of Irrigating the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec. 20, Twp. 39 N. Range 8 East... on the claim of 'Billy Woods (Indian)'...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 2
— Page 26
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Notes: Filed May 20, 1904 from Lookout, Cal but not RECORDED until July 3, 1906 — over 2-YEAR GAP. Reference to 'Billy Woods (Indian)' — a Native American landholder used as a geographic reference. Note in margin: 'Send Mr. Cannon Bill for recording & he will remit at once.' Recorded at request of C.C. Auble.