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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
E. Lauer 1889-01-10 T43N R13E S1,11,6,7,8 NW quarter of Sec 1 T43N R13E (reservoir); center of Sec 11 T42N R13E (ditch head); Secs 6,7,8 T42N R13E (use) Pit River (surplus waters) 1000.0 Not in DB high
Henry Masters 1889-01-04 T39N R13E S16,8 NW quarter of SW quarter Sec 16 (diversion); S half of SW quarter Sec 8 (use) Crooks Creek 20.0 Potential high
David Esses 1888-12-22 T42N R10E S13,18 E half of NE quarter Sec 13 (spring); various Desert Land parcels including Sec 18 spring (E half of NE quarter Sec 13) 75.0 Not in DB medium
Alfred Hanson Kennedy 1888-12-22 T42N R10E S13 E half of NE quarter Sec 13 (spring); Desert Land parcels in T42N R10E spring (Desert Land claim) 25.0 Not in DB medium
Joseph Danhauser and John Danhauser 1888-12-03 T41N R13E S3,4,5,32 NW quarter of W quarter Sec 3 (dam); NW quarter of NW quarter Sec 4, N half Sec 5 (use); S half Sec 32 T42N R13E (use) unnamed stream 500.0 Not in DB medium
C.T.B. Parker 1888-11-23 T42N R13E S2,12 E half of SE quarter Sec 2 (use), NW quarter of NW quarter Sec 12 (diversion) Parker Creek 100.0 Matched high
Andrew W. Torreson 1888-11-21 T41N R10E S4 Lot 2, NE quarter of NE quarter Sec 4 Thomas Creek 25.0 Potential high
Charles W. Wells 1888-10-20 T40N R13E S3,1,18 SE quarter of SE quarter Sec 3 (spring); W half of SE quarter Sec 1, E half of Lot 4, NE quarter of SE quarter Sec 18 (use) Williams Springs 450.0 Not in DB medium
Ann R. Wood 1888-10-15 T42N R13E S29,32 SE quarter of NE quarter and SW quarter of SE quarter Sec 29; NE quarter of NW quarter and NW quarter of NE quarter Sec 32 waste water from Stephen Young's water ditches 100.0 Not in DB high
R.M. Wages 1888-09-08 T42N R11E S10,15 SW quarter of SW quarter Sec 10 (diversion), NW quarter Sec 15 (use) Pot Creek 40.0 Not in DB high

896 records