Water right · Kern County, California, United States
Kern River irrigation right S004666
Kern River irrigation right S004666 is a water right claimed by statement in Kern County, California, United States, with 724,400 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Buena Vista Water Storage 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 S004666 (Statement of Div and Use) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Kern 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 | Buena Vista Water Storage District | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 724,400 acre-ft/year (initial statement diversion) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Irrigation | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | KERN RIVER | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 35.3094, -119.2417 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Kern River irrigation right S004666 is the 43rd-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 | 43rd of 262 | 137,192,379 acre-ft/year | 0.53% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 4 power plants (3 operating, 2,464 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Hills Power LLC | Power plant | 623 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Jasmine | Power plant | 134 MW | Under construction | 26 km |
| La Paloma Generating Plant | Power plant | 1,156 MW | Operating | 32 km |
Holder and place
More from Buena Vista Water Storage District
- Kern County irrigation right A031675700,000 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.