Water right · Mineral County, Nevada, United States

Squaw Creek water right 16956

Squaw Creek water right 16956 is a water right in Mineral County, Nevada, United States, with 362 acre-ft/year of face-value volume.

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 16956 (Squaw Creek)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationMineral 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
Volume362 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow14.2 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date7 Jun 1956Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useMunicipalNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceSquaw Creek (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates38.5980, -118.7512Nevada 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

Squaw Creek water right 16956 is the 5,293rd-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 5,857th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 362 acre-ft/year. 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.

WithinRank
Nevada5,293rd of 9,493
United States5,857th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 4 mines (1 operating) and 1 power plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Lucky Boy Silica PitMine—Idle17 km
Borealis MineMine—Operating23 km
Libra SolarPower plant1,400 MWUnder construction38 km
Pumpkin Hollow East UndergroundMine—Idle46 km

Place

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