Water right · El Dorado County, California, United States
El Dorado County power right A012624
El Dorado County power right A012624 is an appropriative water right in El Dorado County, California, United States, with 281,100 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
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 A012624 (Appropriative) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | El Dorado County, California | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Active | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Sacramento Municipal Utility District | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 281,100 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 29 Jul 1948 | 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 |
| Coordinates | 38.7715, -120.8137 | 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
El Dorado County power right A012624 is the 142nd-largest of 238 storage and power rights in California and the 150th-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 281,100 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 | 142nd of 238 |
| United States | 150th of 907 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 8 mines (4 operating), 2 power plants and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyer Borrow Pit | Mine | — | Closed | 10 km |
| Big Seam mine | Mine | — | Operating | 28 km |
| Sacramento Valley Energy Center, LLC | Power plant | 300 MW | Under construction | 39 km |
| Lincoln Mine Project | Mine | — | Idle | 40 km |
| Juniper Creek Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 42 km |
| Edgeconnex Data Center | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Holder and place
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- South Fork American River power right A022110579,182 acre-ft/year · power
- El Dorado County power right A012323459,300 acre-ft/year · power
- El Dorado County power right A031595413,610 acre-ft/year · power
- South Fork Silver Creek power right A026768255,474 acre-ft/year · power
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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion). Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion), Public domain by statute.