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Modoc County Irrigation Co.

T39N R16E S10

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Claim Details

Filed
February 08, 1911
Recorded
February 08, 1911
Recorder
T.H. Ballard
Type
Appropriation

Water Source

Source
Cowhead Lake
Size
40000.0 miner's inches
Purpose
Irrigation And Power
Diversion
Dam And Tunnel

Use Location

Bench and bottom lands north of and east of Upper and Middle Lakes and adjacent thereto in Surprise Valley, Modoc County

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 (3)

T39N R16E S10 — 0 matched, 3 not in eWRIMS

Geo. H. Ayres
1910 Not in ewrims
Geo. Benson
1912 Not in ewrims

eWRIMS Records at This Location (11)

Other water rights registered with the state at T39N R16E S10 — possibly descendants or successors to unregistered pre-1914 rights.

U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNSP — F003542C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNST — F003543C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNSP — F003544C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNSP — F003545C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNSP — F003546C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNSP — F003547C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
COLD SPRING — F003548C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Stockponds Certified
UNSP — F003549C
U S MODOC NATL FOREST
Federal Claims Claimed
UNSP — F007518S
NORMAN ABRUZZINI
Statement of Div and Use Inactive
VAN RIPPER SPRING — S015967
NORMAN ABRUZZINI
Statement of Div and Use Claimed
VAN RIPER SPRING — S022059
Transcription
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.

Source Photos

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.