Thomas Bare
T38N R17E S15,3,10 NW quarter of NW quarter Sec 15, T38N R17E (diversion, west side of creek); use on parts of Secs 3, 10, and 15
high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- May 09, 1872
- Recorded
- October 04, 1906
- Recorder
- T.H. Ballard
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Bare Creek
- Size
- 600.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation, Milling
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
NW quarter of NW quarter Sec 15, T38N R17E MDM (diversion on west side of creek). Ditch 5 ft wide, 2 ft deep. For irrigating and milling on parts of Secs 3, 10, and 15, T38N R17E.
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.
Transcription (may be incomplete)
Thomas Bare... six hundred (600) inches of water, flowing in Bare Creek... NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. (15) fifteen, on the west side of the creek all in township (38) thirty eight North of Range (17) Seventeen East... I also state that I have made continued use of this water taken out at or near this place since May 1865 and used the same for irrigation...
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 2
— Page 28
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Notes: PERFECTING CLAIM WITH OLDEST CONTINUOUS USE — 'continued use... since May 1865.' Original notice dated May 9, 1872 but claims use since 1865 (3 years before the county existed!). Creek named AFTER the claimant (Bare Creek). Not recorded in Modoc until Oct 4, 1906 — 34-YEAR gap. Recorded at request of Dodge and Parker (lawyers?). One of the earliest documented water uses in the region.