Water right · Butte County, California, United States
Feather River power right A005629
Feather River power right A005629 is a permitted appropriative water right in Butte County, California, United States, with 5,882,229 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Calif Dept of Water Resources.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | Water right A005629 (Appropriative) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Butte County, California | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Calif Dept of Water Resources | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 5,882,229 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 30 Jul 1927 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Fish and Wildlife Preservation and Enhancement, Power, Recreational | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | FEATHER RIVER | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 39.5155, -121.6300 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this water right and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, its use, its transfers and the land it serves, and an introduction to the holder.
Request researchHow it compares by face-value volume
Feather River power right A005629 is the 6th-largest of 238 storage and power rights in California and the 6th-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 5,882,229 acre-ft/year. Its uses include storage or power, so its face value counts water held in a reservoir or run through turbines, not water consumed. It is ranked among storage and power rights only, and face values are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| California | 6th of 238 |
| United States | 6th of 907 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 3 mines (1 operating) and 1 power plant (644 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Silica Resources | Mine | — | Operating | 7.0 km |
| Edward C Hyatt | Power plant | 644 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Dredge 17 | Mine | — | Closed | 41 km |
| Taber Mine | Mine | — | Closed | 49 km |
Holder and place
More from Calif Dept of Water Resources
- Butte County power right A01444411,463,753 acre-ft/year · power
- Solano County municipal and irrigation right A0144439,004,510 acre-ft/year
- Old River municipal and irrigation right A014445A1,575,212 acre-ft/year
- Old River municipal and irrigation right A0056301,393,569 acre-ft/year
- Sacramento County municipal and irrigation right A0175121,100,000 acre-ft/year
- Lindsey Slough municipal and irrigation right A017514A97,737 acre-ft/year
- Castaic Creek municipal and irrigation right A02605885,000 acre-ft/year
Other water rights in California
- Solano County municipal and irrigation right A0144439,004,510 acre-ft/year
- Rock Slough municipal and irrigation right A0056267,998,004 acre-ft/year
- Contra Costa County municipal and industrial right A0093647,818,798 acre-ft/year
- Colorado River irrigation and domestic right A0074827,239,775 acre-ft/year
- Contra Costa County municipal and irrigation right A0133705,347,832 acre-ft/year
- San Joaquin River municipal and irrigation right A0056383,917,478 acre-ft/year
- San Joaquin County municipal and irrigation right A0056283,349,944 acre-ft/year
- Contra Costa County irrigation and domestic right A0153753,030,762 acre-ft/year
Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- eWRIMS Water Rights List. eWRIMS Water Rights List, Public domain.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion. Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion, CC0 1.0 Universal.
- Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion). Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion), Public domain by statute.