Water right · Nye County, Nevada, United States

Big Smoky Valley groundwater water right 74448

Big Smoky Valley groundwater water right 74448 is a permitted water right in Nye County, Nevada, United States, with 107 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Tonopah Lithium Corp.

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 74448 (Big Smoky Valley groundwater)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
StatusPermitted (permit)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderTonopah Lithium Corp.Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume107 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow12.6 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date30 Aug 1960Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useIrrigationNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceBig Smoky Valley groundwater (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates38.3869, -117.4380Nevada 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 Smoky Valley groundwater water right 74448 is the 9,244th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 10,268th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 107 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
Nevada9,244th of 9,493
United States10,268th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 7 mines (5 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
GoldWedgeMine—Idle35 km
Manhattan GulchMine—Operating36 km
Lone Mountain MineMine—Operating40 km

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