Water right · Butte County, California, United States
Butte County power right A014444
Butte County power right A014444 is a permitted appropriative water right in Butte County, California, United States, with 11,463,753 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 A014444 (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 | 11,463,753 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 24 Aug 1951 | 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 | 39.4577, -121.6391 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by face-value volume
Butte County power right A014444 is the largest of 238 storage and power rights in California by face-value volume, with 11,463,753 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 | 1st of 238 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 2 power plants (1,280 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward C Hyatt | Power plant | 644 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Sutter Energy Center | Power plant | 636 MW | Operating | 45 km |
Holder and place
More from Calif Dept of Water Resources
- Solano County municipal and irrigation right A0144439,004,510 acre-ft/year
- Feather River power right A0056295,882,229 acre-ft/year · power
- 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.