Water right · White Pine County, Nevada, United States

Steptoe Valley groundwater water right 86212

Steptoe Valley groundwater water right 86212 is a permitted water right in White Pine County, Nevada, United States, with 565 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Kennecott Nevada Copper Company.

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 86212 (Steptoe Valley groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationWhite Pine 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
HolderKennecott Nevada Copper CompanyNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume565 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 date21 Dec 1951Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useDomestic, IrrigationNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceSteptoe Valley groundwater (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates39.4632, -114.7011Nevada 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

Steptoe Valley groundwater water right 86212 is the 3,712th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 4,165th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 565 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
Nevada3,712th of 9,493
United States4,165th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 3 mines (1 operating) and 1 power plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Mary Ann CanyonMine—Closed15 km
Robinson OperationMine—Operating35 km
Robinson SolarPower plant600 MWPlanned48 km
Gold Bar MineMine—Closed49 km

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