Water right · Lyon County, Nevada, United States

Ft Churchill Well 2 water right 76450

Ft Churchill Well 2 water right 76450 is a water right in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, with 1,982 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Sierra Pacific Power Company & Nevada Division of Wildlife.

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 76450 (Ft Churchill Well 2)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationLyon 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
HolderSierra Pacific Power Company & Nevada Division of WildlifeNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume1,982 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow85 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date27 Sept 1995Nevada 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 sourceFt Churchill Well 2 (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates39.0986, -119.1285Nevada 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

Ft Churchill Well 2 water right 76450 is the 852nd-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 1,181st-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 1,982 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
Nevada852nd of 9,493
United States1,181st of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 5 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
Pumpkin Hollow East UndergroundMine—Idle19 km
Yerington Readymix PlantMine—Idle20 km
Ludwig #1873Mine—Idle22 km
Libra SolarPower plant1,400 MWUnder construction26 km

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