Water right · Sacramento County, California, United States
American River municipal right A012140
American River municipal right A012140 is a permitted appropriative water right in Sacramento County, California, United States, with 271,740 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by City of Sacramento.
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 A012140 (Appropriative) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Sacramento 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 | City of Sacramento | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 271,740 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 29 Oct 1947 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Municipal | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | AMERICAN RIVER | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 38.5597, -121.4171 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by face-value volume
American River municipal right A012140 is the 96th-largest of 262 water rights in California by face-value volume, with 271,740 acre-ft/year. Ranks and totals cover the water rights in our data that report their face-value volume, not every one in existence. Storage and power rights are ranked apart and not added in.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| California | 96th of 262 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 6 power plants (1 operating, 557 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Creek Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 18 km |
| Sacramento Valley Energy Center, LLC | Power plant | 300 MW | Under construction | 20 km |
| Country Acres Clean Power LLC | Power plant | 516 MW | Under construction | 21 km |
Holder and place
More from City of Sacramento
- Sacramento County municipal right A012622966,175 acre-ft/year
- Sacramento County municipal right A012321443,479 acre-ft/year
- American River municipal and industrial right A01606095,109 acre-ft/year
- Sacramento River municipal and industrial right S01483482,944 acre-ft/year
- Sacramento River municipal right A00174381,800 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.