Water right · Elko County, Nevada, United States

Dorsey Creek water right 14485

Dorsey Creek water right 14485 is a water right in Elko County, Nevada, United States, with 220 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by H. Moffat Co.

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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceWater right 14485 (Dorsey Creek)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationElko County, NevadaNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusActive (certificated)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderH. Moffat Co.Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume220 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date12 Aug 1952Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useStorageNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceDorsey Creek (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates41.0637, -115.8122Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares by face-value volume

Dorsey Creek water right 14485 is the 179th-largest of 251 storage and power rights in Nevada and the 703rd-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 220 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.

WithinRank
Nevada179th of 251
United States703rd of 907

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 16 mines (14 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Saval IIMine—Closed9.4 km
EmigrantMine—Operating25 km
Lee SmithMine—Operating26 km

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