Water right · Lyon County, Nevada, United States

Sweetwater Creek water right 47016

Sweetwater Creek water right 47016 is a water right in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, with 1,810 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by ML Sweetwater Ranch, LLC.

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 47016 (Sweetwater Creek)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationLyon 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
HolderML Sweetwater Ranch, LLCNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume1,810 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow70.8 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date17 Jun 1983Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water usePowerNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceSweetwater Creek (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates38.4802, -119.2187Nevada 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

Sweetwater Creek water right 47016 is the 55th-largest of 251 storage and power rights in Nevada and the 354th-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 1,810 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
Nevada55th of 251
United States354th of 907

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 3 mines (1 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Borealis MineMine—Operating40 km
Lucky Boy Silica PitMine—Idle48 km
Yerington Readymix PlantMine—Idle49 km

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