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
Thomas N. Lee 1876-03-20 T41N R16E S1,2 E of SE of 2, SW of SW of 1 Steam Boat Creek 500.0 Not in DB high
Jacob Kitscher 1877-06-15 T41N R16E S26 SW Duck Creek 300.0 Potential high
Middleton Anderson 1877-07-03 T41N R16E S21 Cottonwood Creek 200.0 Matched medium
Jacob Kimerle 1879-03-08 T41N R16E S34 Little Cottonwood Creek 120.0 Matched medium
Robert Fee 1879-03-13 T41N R16E S16 springs Not in DB medium
Jacob Gilcher, James H. Schafer, Joel C. Allen, and Joseph F. Deems 1882-05-21 T41N R16E Owl Creek 400.0 Matched medium
F.C. Cockrell and J.M. Homback 1883-05-15 T41N R16E S34 Owl Creek 300.0 Matched high
J.M. Bordwell 1884-07-02 T41N R16E S27 NW quarter of NW quarter Owl Creek 100.0 Matched high
J.S. Moore 1885-06-06 T41N R16E S9 Steamboat Creek 800.0 Potential high
Chris Christensen 1887-06-07 T41N R16E S21 Main Cottonwood Creek 150.0 Matched 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
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
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
George H. Morgan 1900-10-19 T41N R16E S22 N half of SE quarter Sec 22 (use) Cottonwood Creek (Surprise Valley) 150.0 Matched high
Lee Wall Shackelford 1901-04-23 T41N R16E S15 S half SW quarter Sec 15 (use) Jackson Canyon 100.0 Potential high
W.E. Roberts 1904-07-26 T41N R16E S5 Lots 3 and 4 and SE quarter of NW quarter of Sec 5, T41N R16E Little Canyon Creek 100.0 Potential high
W.E. Roberts 1904-07-26 T41N R16E S5 Lots 3 and 4 and SE quarter of NW quarter of Sec 5, T41N R16E Kaiser Creek 100.0 Potential high
W.S. Stevens 1909-03-15 T41N R16E S16 Steam Boat Canyon Not in DB high
Mrs. S.A. Linderman 1909-05-01 T41N R16E S34 Owl Creek 40.0 Matched high
Edward R. Bunting 1910-05-24 T41N R16E S27,28 Coyote Creek 150.0 Potential high
Peter Erramouspe 1910-09-17 T41N R16E S28 unnamed creek 100.0 Potential high
John Conklin 1911-07-18 T41N R16E S9 Patterson Canyon 100.0 Potential high
John Conklin 1913-07-25 T41N R16E S8,9 Rock Spring 3.0 Not in DB high
Daniel Arthur 1919-01-29 T41N R16E S25 Own Creek 200.0 Potential high

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