Water right · Yuba County, California, United States
Bear River power right A026162
Bear River power right A026162 is a permitted appropriative water right in Yuba County, California, United States, with 627,984 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by South Sutter Water 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 A026162 (Appropriative) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Yuba 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 | South Sutter Water District | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 627,984 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 4 Jan 1980 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Power | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | BEAR RIVER | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 39.0501, -121.3162 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by face-value volume
Bear River power right A026162 is the 83rd-largest of 238 storage and power rights in California by face-value volume, with 627,984 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 | 83rd of 238 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 3 power plants (1 operating, 636 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skylight Renewable Energy | Power plant | 200 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Sutter Energy Center | Power plant | 636 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Country Acres Clean Power LLC | Power plant | 516 MW | Under construction | 34 km |
Holder and place
More from South Sutter Water District
- Bear River irrigation and domestic right A014804139,535 acre-ft/year
- Bear River irrigation and domestic right A010221130,745 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.