Water right · Lander County, Nevada, United States

Butte Canyon Surface water right 64815E

Butte Canyon Surface water right 64815E is a permitted water right in Lander County, Nevada, United States, with 362 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Nevada Gold Mines 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 64815E (Butte Canyon Surface)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationLander County, NevadaNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPermitted (permit)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderNevada Gold Mines LLCNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume362 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow14.2 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date27 Jan 1999Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useEnvironmentalNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceButte Canyon Surface (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates40.5540, -117.1204Nevada 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

Butte Canyon Surface water right 64815E is the 5,259th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 5,822nd-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 362 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
Nevada5,259th of 9,493
United States5,822nd of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 7 mines (4 operating) and 1 power plant (567 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Phoenix MineMine—Operating5.9 km
Rossi Jig PlantMine—Operating18 km
Marigold MineMine—Operating22 km
North ValmyPower plant567 MWOperating36 km

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