high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- June 29, 1917
- Recorded
- June 29, 1917
- Recorder
- T.H. Ballard
- Type
- Appropriation
Water Source
- Source
- Cedar Creek (at the Mouth of the canyon)
- Purpose
- Irrigation
- Diversion
- Ditch
Use Location
Surprise Valley Township, Siskiyou County (specific parcels not stated)
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.
Uncertain Fields
- Size Inches:
Transcription
Henry Seheke. Water claim. State of california, County of Siskiyou) ss Know all men by these presents that I, Henry Seheke, claim a certain ditch together with the water it will carry. The ditch is situated in Surprise Valley Township, Siskiyou County, the water being taken out of Cedar Creek at the Mouth of the canyon. The ditch was dug by myself and partner the spring of A.D. 1864 and has been used by me every season since for irrigating purposes.
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 2
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Notes: SISKIYOU TRANSCRIPTION — EARLIEST WATER USE IN THE ENTIRE RECORD! Ditch dug spring 1864 — 3 years before the claim was even filed (Feb 6, 1867). Henry Seheke (unusual surname — possibly German/Dutch origin). Cedar Creek, Surprise Valley Township. 'Dug by myself and partner' — unnamed partner. 'Used every season since' 1864 for irrigation — 53 YEARS of continuous use by 1917. Original Siskiyou recorder: R.S. Green (by F.A. Rogers, Dep). Siskiyou Book 3 of Mining claims, page 325 — also in MINING records. Certified by Alice M. Young, June 25, 1917. Filed at request of E.C. BONNER, June 29, 1917 — Bonner still requesting Siskiyou transcriptions 3+ years later! No quantity specified — claims 'ditch together with the water it will carry.'