Water right · Storey County, Nevada, United States

Pierson Ditch water right 638DTR

Pierson Ditch water right 638DTR is a water right in Storey County, Nevada, United States, with 211 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by City of Sparks, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, City of Reno and 2 others.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceWater right 638DTR (Pierson Ditch)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationStorey County, NevadaNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusActive (decreed)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderCity of SparksNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderPyramid Lake Paiute TribeNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderCity of RenoNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderPyramid Lake TribeNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderNevada-Department of TransportationNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume211 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow88.6 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date1 Jan 1881Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourcePierson Ditch (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates39.6111, -119.2969Nevada 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

Pierson Ditch water right 638DTR is the 7,058th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 7,789th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 211 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
Nevada7,058th of 9,493
United States7,789th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 10 data centers (1 operating, 161 MW), 7 mines and 2 power plants (1 operating, 1,033 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Pleiades MineMine—Operating2.4 km
Fernley PlantMine—Operating4.0 km
Black MountainMine—Operating11 km
Google Storey CountyData center161 MWOperating17 km
Tahoe Reno 1Data center——19 km
Tahoe Reno 2Data center——19 km
TracyPower plant1,033 MWOperating20 km
Sierra Solar HybridPower plant800 MWPlanned35 km

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