Water right · Churchill County, Nevada, United States

Fireball Valley groundwater water right 80311

Fireball Valley groundwater water right 80311 is a permitted water right in Churchill County, Nevada, United States, with 160 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Forty Mile Desert, 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 80311 (Fireball Valley groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationChurchill 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
HolderForty Mile Desert, LLCNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume160 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow19.1 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date26 Jan 2000Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useIndustrialNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceFireball Valley groundwater (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates39.8698, -119.1357Nevada 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

Fireball Valley groundwater water right 80311 is the 7,943rd-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 8,798th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 160 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
Nevada7,943rd of 9,493
United States8,798th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 9 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
Sierra Solar HybridPower plant800 MWPlanned8.4 km
Fernley OperationsMine—Operating15 km
Black MountainMine—Operating25 km
Fernley PlantMine—Operating31 km
Data center, Washoe County (OSM way 1210199368)Data center——48 km
TracyPower plant1,033 MWOperating48 km
Data center, Washoe County (OSM way 775412069)Data center——49 km
Google Storey CountyData center161 MWOperating49 km

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