Water right · Nye County, Nevada, United States

Fairbanks Springs water right 53609

Fairbanks Springs water right 53609 is a water right in Nye County, Nevada, United States, with 1,648 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 53609 (Fairbanks Springs)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
Volume1,648 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow64.4 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date8 Mar 1961Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useWildlifeNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceFairbanks Springs (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates36.4900, -116.3424Nevada 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

Fairbanks Springs water right 53609 is the 1,017th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 1,355th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 1,648 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
Nevada1,017th of 9,493
United States1,355th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 5 mines (3 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
Amargosa Quarry and PlantMine—Operating12 km
California Hectorite PitMine—Closed14 km
Cind R Lite Cinder Cone MineMine—Operating18 km
Bonanza Solar and Storage ProjectPower plant495 MWPlanned49 km

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