Water Rights

Historic water claims from Modoc County recorder books (896 total records).

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Claimant Filed Location Source Inches State DB Confidence
Luther D. Clark 1889-01-12 T39N R14E S24 N half of NE quarter Sec 24 Cedar Creek (Jess Valley, Lassen County) 100.0 Potential high
George H. Stockdill, Robert Hall, and N.J. Hall 1889-01-25 T42N R13E S10,15,9,14,17 NE half of NE quarter Sec 15 and NW quarter of NW quarter Sec 14 (reservoir); various quarters of Secs 10,9,17 (use) unnamed stream 100.0 Matched medium
Thad Jones 1889-01-31 T41N R12E S24,20,26,27,23,14,11,6 Secs 24,20,26,27,23,14,11 T41N R12E (use); SE quarter of SW quarter Sec 6 T41N R12E (diversion); multiple sections T40N R12E (reservoir) Indy Gulch 1000.0 Not in DB medium
Thad Jones 1889-01-31 T41N R12E S9,10,15,16,18,21,22 NW quarter of NE quarter Sec 18 (diversion); N half of N half Sec 18, all of Sec 14 (use); reservoir on Secs 9,16,21 and parts of 10,15,22 unnamed canyons (several draining into area) Not in DB low
J. Thad Jones 1889-02-12 T41N R12E S34,27,26,22,14,11,2,35 Multiple quarters across Secs 34,27,26,22,14,11,2 in T41N R12E and parts of T42N R12E (use); near Sec 35 (diversion) South Fork of Pit River 2600.0 Matched high
William M. Harvey 1889-02-12 T39N R14E S23 S half of NE half Sec 23 Harvey Creek (Jess Valley) 50.0 Matched high
Wilson J. Bayley 1889-02-20 T41N R12E S10,9 SE quarter of NE quarter Sec 10 (use); NE quarter Sec 9 (reservoir) Juniper Creek 1000.0 Not in DB low
Wilson J. Bayley 1889-02-20 T41N R12E S3,10,4 S half of SW quarter Sec 3, NW quarter and N half of NE quarter Sec 10 (use); SE quarter Sec 4 (reservoir) Jeff Canyon Not in DB low
P. Lorenzen 1889-02-23 T44N S22,27 Lot 3 and SW half of SE half Sec 22; Lot 2 and SW quarter of NE quarter Sec 27 Rock Creek 300.0 Not in DB medium
Gustav Kaufman 1889-03-04 T43N R14E S5 NW quarter of SW quarter Sec 5 springs (on NW quarter of SW quarter Sec 5) 50.0 Not in DB high
J.J. Bayley 1889-03-20 T41N R12E S33,30,29,21,27,4 Sec 33 T41N R12E and Sec 4 T40N R12E (water collection); W half Sec 30 T41N R12E (reservoir); NE quarter Sec 30, E quarter SE quarter Sec 29, W half SW quarter Sec 21 (irrigation) natural water flowing onto Sec 33 and Sec 4 Not in DB medium
Wilson J. Bayley 1889-03-28 T41N R11E S1,2,12 Secs 1 and 2 T41N R11E (use); Sec 12 T41N R11E (reservoir) Court House Rock Creek 1000.0 Not in DB high
Eaton Hall 1889-04-03 T42N R18E S17 NW quarter Sec 17 (use); SW quarter of NE quarter Sec 17 (diversion area) Woolsey Creek 50.0 Not in DB medium
William H. Patterson 1889-04-03 T41N R16E S2,3,12,13,14,15,23,24 Multiple quarters across Secs 2,3,12,13,14,15,23,24 T41N R16E (irrigation use); Cottonwood Lake bed and margins (reservoir) Cottonwood Lake (non-navigable, near Cottonwood Peak/Horse Peak) 2000.0 Potential medium
William Cantrall and George E. Williams 1889-04-10 T39N R13E S32,6 NE quarter of SE quarter, E half of NE quarter, NW quarter of NE quarter Sec 32 (Cantrall); N half of SE quarter, S half of NW quarter Sec 6, SE half of adjacent section (Williams) Mill Creek (forms South Fork of Pit River) 1000.0 Not in DB high
John B. Lindemann 1889-04-30 T41N R16E S31,26,35 Believed Sec 31 T41N R16E (lakes); SE quarter of SW quarter and SW quarter of SE quarter Sec 26; SW quarter of NW quarter, E half of NW quarter, NE quarter of SE quarter Sec 35 (use) two unnamed lakes (near Cottonwood Peak, on Owl Creek) Not in DB medium
Henry Nelton 1889-06-11 T40N R14E S33,5 Sec 33 T40N R14E (use); spring and reservoir near SE quarter of SE quarter Sec 5 T39N R14E spring and gulch (surplus water from melting snow/rain) 1000.0 Not in DB medium
Joseph Danhauser and Michael Kaiser 1889-06-17 T41N R16E S16 Section 16 T41N R16E (lake/reservoir); use on S half Sec 31, S half Sec 29 T42N R13E; NE half Sec 6, E half Sec 6, N half Sec 5 T41N R13E Owl Creek and Owl Lake (also called Fish Lake) 450.0 Potential medium
A.J. Lee 1889-06-20 T41N R16E S26 SW half, NW quarter, S half NE quarter, N quarter SW, N quarter SE Sec 26 (use) Eagle Creek (North Branch) 500.0 Potential medium
I. Hufford, H.J. Payne, and C. Payne 1889-06-20 T42N R14E S23 Hufford: W of SE quarter, N half of SW quarter, NE quarter of SE quarter Sec 23 T42N R14E; Paynes: various quarters in T41N R13E Pine Creek Basin (Warner Range, One Creek Basin) 600.0 Not in DB medium
J.W. Hughes 1889-08-03 T40N R16E S8,36 NE quarter of Sec 8 T40N R16E (lake); Sec 36 T40N R16E (ditch head); multiple sections for use Emerson Lake (non-navigable lake, also called Emerson Lake) 400.0 Potential medium
Lillie Shores 1889-08-20 T41N R8E S25 N half of N half Sec 25 Miller Creek 30.0 Not in DB low
Lillie Shores 1889-08-20 T42N R14E S26 NW quarter (use); NE quarter of NW quarter Sec 26 (diversion) Indian Creek 30.0 Potential low
Henry J. Locy 1889-10-31 T44N R11E S3,14 E half of NE quarter, NE quarter of SE quarter Sec 14; N half of NW quarter and Lot 1 of NW half, Lot 4 Sec 3 (use) unnamed stream (near Sec 3-14 boundary) 500.0 Not in DB high
Henry J. Locy 1889-10-31 T44N R11E S4,3 NE quarter of SE quarter Sec 4 (diversion); N half of SW quarter Sec 3, Lot 4 Sec 3 (use) unnamed stream (near Sec 4) 500.0 Not in DB high

896 records