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
W.R. Coleman 1889-11-02 T42N R14E S28,32 SE corner of SW quarter Sec 28 (diversion); NE quarter Sec 32 (use) Shields Creek 50.0 Matched high
J.P. Studley and Frank I. Studley 1889-11-20 T40N R8E Near SE corner of section (section number illegible) Willow Springs (two springs) 12.0 Not in DB medium
Joseph Danhauser 1890-02-12 T41N R13E S1,32 W half of Sec and N half of NW quarter and E quarter and NW half of Sec 1 T41N R13E (use); S quarter of Sec 32 T42N R13E (use); reservoir near Sec boundary T41N unnamed gulch 1000.0 Not in DB medium
E.M. Barnes 1890-04-11 T42N R12E S7 SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, SE 1/4 of SW 1/4(?), NW 1/4 of NE SE 1/4 Sec 7 T42N R12E (use, partially illegible) Indian Spring Creek 500.0 Not in DB medium
E. Lauer 1890-05-03 T42N R13E S5,6,7,8,32 Secs 5,6,7,8 T42N R13E and Sec 32 T43N R13E (use); lot 2 of Sec 26 T[?]N R13E (Goose Lake source) Goose Lake 1500.0 Not in DB medium
John P. Allen Sr. 1890-05-10 T41N S1,2,11,12,13 Secs 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 in T41N R[?]E (use); spring on N half of NW quarter Sec 13 (diversion) Dry Creek 200.0 Not in DB medium
N. Fitzgerald 1890-05-10 T41N R10E S1,12,6 Secs 1 and 12 T41N R9E (use); SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 6 T41N R10E (diversion) Cooley Creek (Hot Spring Valley) 200.0 Potential high
Mathew McCulley 1890-05-17 T40N R14E S9,8 S half of SW quarter Sec 9 (reservoir site, 80 acres); E half of NW quarter and NE quarter of SE quarter Sec 8 (use) Davis Creek (surplus/flood water) Not in DB medium
Myretta J. Brooks 1890-05-26 T40N R14E S24,25 W half of NE quarter, NE quarter of NW quarter Sec 25; SE quarter of SW quarter Sec 24 (use); diversion near N boundary of SE quarter of SW quarter Sec 24 Soup Creek (Jess Valley) 100.0 Not in DB high
Michael Kaiser 1890-06-23 T41N R13E S6,11,15,16,31 W E 1/4 Sec 31 T42N R13E, N half SE half and W half NE quarter Sec 6 T41N R13E (use); NW quarter and W half NE quarter Sec 15, SE quarter NE quarter and SW quarter SE quarter Sec 11 T41N R13E (reservoir); diversion near quarter sec corner Secs 15-16 unnamed stream 1000.0 Not in DB high
E.M. Barnes 1890-08-27 T42N R12E S33 Various quarters partially illegible in T42N and T41N R12E (use); race/diversion commencing in E half SW half Sec 33 Indian Springs Creek 800.0 Not in DB medium
F.B. Bosley, C. Payne, and H.J. Payne 1890-08-28 T41N R13E S10,15,6,12,13 W half 1/4 and NE 1/4 Sec 15, SE 1/4 and portions of Sec 10 T41N R13E (reservoir); Bosley: W 1/4 Sec 6; Paynes: lots and portions in T41N R13E and T41N R12E Secs 12,13 (use) unnamed basin/lake bed Not in DB low
David Morrison 1890-09-06 T39N R13E S24,14,23 Section 24 T39N R13E (Dry Lake reservoir); NW 1/4 NE half Sec 23 and various quarters Sec 14 (use) Dry Lake 500.0 Not in DB medium
Mrs. Sarah Hotchkiss 1890-10-21 T44N R14E S33,3 N 1/4 NW 1/4 and N 1/2 NW 1/4 Sec 33 T44N R14E (source); SW 1/4 SE 1/4 and S 1/2 SW 1/4 Sec 33 T45N R14E; NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 3 (use) seepage and waste water (from Sec 33) Not in DB medium
Mrs. Sarah Hotchkiss 1890-10-22 T44N R14E S3,4,5,32,33 N 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 3 T44N R14E (source); W 1/2 NW 1/4 Sec 4, N half NE 1/4 Sec 5 T44N R14E; SE 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec 32, S 1/2 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec 33 T45N R14E (use) seepage and waste water (from adjacent land in Sec 3) Not in DB medium
H.J. Payne and Carlos Payne 1891-02-19 T41N R13E S15,16 SE 1/4 Sec 16 and SW 1/4 Sec 15 T41N R13E (reservoir lake bed); use on surrounding sections unnamed lake/reservoir (Secs 15-16) 1000.0 Not in DB medium
C.W. Wells 1891-03-11 T40N R13E S13,17,18 NE of NW Sec 13 T40N R13E (spring/diversion); Secs 17 and 18 (use) unnamed spring 100.0 Potential medium
Charles R. Suggett 1891-06-08 T39N R17E S8 Lots 2,3,4,5,6 of Sec 8 T39N R17E (use); diversion near sec line 13-24 T39N R16E Barber Creek (surplus water) 160.0 Potential high
Dillon Sherr 1891-06-30 T41N R8E S26 S half of NW quarter Sec 26(?) (use); NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 26 (dam/diversion) Stone Coal Creek 100.0 Not in DB medium
Laura A. Wages 1891-09-13 R11E S9 NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 9 (spring); SE of Sec 9 (use) unnamed spring 40.0 Not in DB low
H.R. Gaarstad 1891-09-16 T39N R13E S10,11,3 S of Sec 11 and SE 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec 10 T39N R13E (reservoir); NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec 11, portions of Secs 10 and 3 (use) unnamed stream/reservoir 1000.0 Not in DB medium
Andrew J. Bowman 1891-10-11 T40N R11E S34,3 Sec 34 and Lots 1,2 Sec 3 T40N R11E (use); springs just below source about 1 mile from use unnamed springs and spring branch 50.0 Not in DB medium
Charles E. Hill 1891-10-26 R10E S15 Portions of Sec 15 T[?]N R10E (gulch, reservoir, and use) unnamed gulch 500.0 Not in DB low
E. Lauer 1891-11-06 T42N R13E S5,6,7,8,9,11,15 Secs 5-6-7-8-9 T42N R13E (use via ditch from Sec 11 T43N R13E); S half Sec 9, portions Secs 8,15 T41N R13E (reservoir site) unnamed stream (via Pit River channel) 500.0 Matched medium
S.C. Andrews 1892-06-04 T41N R14E S26 C of SE, SW of SE, SE of SW Sec 26 T41N R14E (use); SE of SE Sec 26 (diversion) Stough Creek 300.0 Potential high

896 records