Water right · Lyon County, Nevada, United States

Sand Ridge Well water right 89944

Sand Ridge Well water right 89944 is a permitted water right in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, with 423 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Nevada-Department 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 89944 (Sand Ridge Well)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
StatusPermitted (permit)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderNevada-Department of WildlifeNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume423 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow76.5 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date30 Oct 1962Nevada 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 sourceSand Ridge Well (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates39.0811, -119.1194Nevada 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

Sand Ridge Well water right 89944 is the 4,823rd-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 5,337th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 423 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
Nevada4,823rd of 9,493
United States5,337th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 4 mines (1 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—Idle17 km
Yerington Readymix PlantMine—Idle18 km
Ludwig #1873Mine—Idle22 km
Libra SolarPower plant1,400 MWUnder construction24 km

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