Water right · Nye County, Nevada, United States

Big Smoky Valley groundwater water right 78735

Big Smoky Valley groundwater water right 78735 is a permitted water right in Nye County, Nevada, United States, with 1,614 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by GoldWedge, 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 78735 (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
HolderGoldWedge, LLCNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume1,614 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow63.1 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date10 Jul 2009Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useMining and millingNevada 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
Coordinates38.5448, -117.0877Nevada 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 78735 is the 1,040th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 1,379th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 1,614 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
Nevada1,040th of 9,493
United States1,379th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 4 mines (3 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
GoldWedgeMine—Idle0.1 km
Manhattan GulchMine—Operating1.3 km
Smoky Valley Common OperationsMine—Operating18 km

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