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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

896 records