Water right · Inyo County, California, United States
Cottonwood Creek power right S001781
Cottonwood Creek power right S001781 is a water right claimed by statement in Inyo County, California, United States, with 74,251 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Los Angeles Department of Water & Power.
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 S001781 (Statement of Div and Use) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Inyo 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 | Los Angeles Department of Water & Power | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 74,251 acre-ft/year (initial statement diversion) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Irrigation, Municipal, Power | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | COTTONWOOD CREEK | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 36.4090, -118.0419 | 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
Cottonwood Creek power right S001781 is the 209th-largest of 238 storage and power rights in California and the 220th-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 74,251 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 | 209th of 238 |
| United States | 220th of 907 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 2 mines and 1 power plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haiwee Pumped Storage Project | Power plant | 1,000 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Owens Lake Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 23 km |
| Makayla | Mine | — | Operating | 39 km |
Holder and place
More from Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
- Owens River power right A017400452,486 acre-ft/year · power
- Owens River power right A000531421,889 acre-ft/year · power
- Owens River power right S001749325,980 acre-ft/year · power
- Lee Vining Creek irrigation and stock-watering right S001655108,660 acre-ft/year
- Bishop Creek water right S00525863,385 acre-ft/year
- Palo Verde4,210 MW
- Haynes1,739 MW
- Castaic1,682 MW
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.
- Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion). Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion), Public domain by statute.