Water right · Nye County, Nevada, United States

Big Smoky Valley groundwater water right 31055

Big Smoky Valley groundwater water right 31055 is a water right in Nye County, Nevada, United States, with 528 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Tonopah Lithium Corp.

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 31055 (Big Smoky Valley groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationNye 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
HolderTonopah Lithium Corp.Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume528 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow153 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date15 Jul 2002Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useIrrigationNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceBig Smoky Valley groundwater (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates38.4382, -117.4790Nevada 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

Big Smoky Valley groundwater water right 31055 is the 3,963rd-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 4,428th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 528 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
Nevada3,963rd of 9,493
United States4,428th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 7 mines (5 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
GoldWedgeMine—Idle36 km
Manhattan GulchMine—Operating37 km
Smoky Valley Common Operation-UGMine—Operating41 km

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