Water right · Washoe County, Nevada, United States

Browns Creek water right 90921

Browns Creek water right 90921 is a permitted water right in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, with 356 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 90921 (Browns Creek)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationWashoe 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
Volume356 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow5.7 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date1 May 1858Nevada 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 sourceBrowns Creek (surface water)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates39.3376, -119.8335Nevada 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

Browns Creek water right 90921 is the 5,429th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 5,995th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 356 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
Nevada5,429th of 9,493
United States5,995th of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 10 data centers (1 operating, 161 MW), 5 mines and 1 power plant (1,033 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Goni PitMine—Operating15 km
Arcosa Adams Claim #1850Mine—Operating18 km
Spring Valley MineMine—Operating20 km
Data center, Washoe County (OSM way 775412072)Data center——35 km
Data center, Washoe County (OSM way 464097467)Data center——35 km
Data center, Washoe County (OSM way 775412069)Data center——36 km
TracyPower plant1,033 MWOperating36 km

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