high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- March 14, 1911
- Recorded
- March 14, 1911
- Recorder
- T.H. Ballard
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Twelve Mile Creek
- Size
- 50000.0 miner's inches
- Purpose
- Irrigation And Power
- Diversion
- Dam And Ditch
Use Location
Bench and bottom lands north of and east of Upper and Middle Lakes 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.
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— 1911
Potential
T47N R17E S3
— 1911
Not in ewrims
T43N R17E S25
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T43N R17E S16
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Matched
T46N R17E S29
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Transcription
NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF WATER SECTIONS 1410 & 1412. hereby appropriate all flood waters to the extent of 50,000 miners inches flowing or contains in that certain creek known as Twelve Mile creek, which has its heading or source on the north side of of Mt. Bidwell, county of Modoc.
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 2
— Page 169
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Notes: COWHEAD LAKE FEEDER CLAIM — 50,000 inches of Twelve Mile Creek flood waters to be diverted INTO Cowhead/Pelican Lake to increase stored water. The water then exits Cowhead Lake through the same tunnel scheme to Surprise Valley. Diversion above 'Conlin Ranch' on south bank. Notice posted on cottonwood tree. Creek heads on north side of Mt. Bidwell (9,564 ft, highest point in Modoc County). MASSIVE ditch specs: 25 ft bottom, 35 ft top, 10 ft deep. Handwritten correction: 'diverted' written over strikethrough. Witness Louis Kafader. Dated March 8, 1911. This expands the Cowhead Lake scheme to include tributary water — not just lake storage.