Water right · Sacramento County, California, United States
North Fork American River municipal and irrigation right A018087
North Fork American River municipal and irrigation right A018087 is a permitted appropriative water right in Sacramento County, California, United States, with 451,592 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Placer County Water Agency.
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 A018087 (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 | Placer County Water Agency | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 451,592 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 8 Apr 1958 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Domestic, Industrial, Irrigation, Municipal, Recreational | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | NORTH FORK AMERICAN RIVER | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 38.7082, -121.1578 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
North Fork American River municipal and irrigation right A018087 is the 62nd-largest of 262 water rights in California by face-value volume. 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 | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 62nd of 262 | 137,192,379 acre-ft/year | 0.33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento Valley Energy Center, LLC | Power plant | 300 MW | Under construction | 15 km |
| Juniper Creek Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 18 km |
| Country Acres Clean Power LLC | Power plant | 516 MW | Under construction | 23 km |
Holder and place
More from Placer County Water Agency
- Middle Fork American River power right A0180843,101,471 acre-ft/year · power
- North Fork American River municipal and irrigation right A018085839,438 acre-ft/year
- Middle Fork American River power right A018086804,457 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.