Water right · Elko County, Nevada, United States

Ruby Valley groundwater water right 36560

Ruby Valley groundwater water right 36560 is a water right in Elko County, Nevada, United States, with 932 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Wright Land Company & WBW LP.

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 36560 (Ruby Valley groundwater)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
HolderWright Land Company & WBW LPNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume932 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow136 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date29 Jan 1979Nevada 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 sourceRuby Valley groundwater (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates40.3070, -115.4479Nevada 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

Ruby Valley groundwater water right 36560 is the 2,180th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 2,568th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 932 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
Nevada2,180th of 9,493
United States2,568th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 2 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Bald Mountain Mine South Operation AreaMine—Operating43 km
Bald Mountain MineMine—Operating43 km

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