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.
NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF WATER SECTIONS 1410 to 1422. hereby appropriate twenty six and one half feet in depth, it being about 5,000,000,000 (five billion) cubit feet of water, all the water flowing into or contained in that certain lake known as cow head or pelican lake in Modoc county, California.
Notes: COWHEAD LAKE claim #19 — THIRD corporate entity: 'Modoc County Irrigation Co.' Previous entities: (1) Surprise Valley Irrigating & Power Co., (2) Surprise Valley Power & Irrigation Co. All three signed by Geo. H. Ayres. Same specs throughout: 26.5 ft, 5 billion cu ft, 40,000 inches. Ayres is clearly filing under multiple corporate shells to strengthen the claim or hedge against legal challenges. Witness J.E. Dunnavin. Dated Feb 7, 1911.