Water right · Nye County, Nevada, United States

Big Spring water right 53618

Big Spring water right 53618 is a water right in Nye County, Nevada, United States, with 1,113 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 53618 (Big Spring)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
Volume1,113 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow43.6 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date1 Apr 1918Nevada 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 sourceBig Spring (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates36.4201, -116.3232Nevada 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 Spring water right 53618 is the 1,765th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 2,129th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 1,113 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
Nevada1,765th of 9,493
United States2,129th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 4 mines (2 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
California Hectorite PitMine—Closed13 km
Amargosa Quarry and PlantMine—Operating14 km
Cind R Lite Cinder Cone MineMine—Operating26 km
Bonanza Solar and Storage ProjectPower plant495 MWPlanned49 km

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