Water right · Malheur County, Oregon, United States

Cow Creek water right 11506

Cow Creek water right 11506 is a water right in Malheur County, Oregon, United States, with 5,000 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Jordan Valley Cattle Co.

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 11506 (Cow Creek)Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationMalheur County, OregonOregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusActive (certificate)Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderJordan Valley Cattle Co.Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume5,000 acre-ft/year (face value)Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date14 Dec 1916Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useStorageOregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceCow Creek (surface water)Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates43.0948, -117.3320Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion) · record · Public domain by statute · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares by face-value volume

Cow Creek water right 11506 is the 31st-largest of 418 storage and power rights in Oregon and the 295th-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 5,000 acre-ft/year. Its uses include storage or power, so its face value counts water held in a reservoir or run through turbines, not water consumed. It is ranked among storage and power rights only, and face values are not added up.

WithinRank
Oregon31st of 418
United States295th of 907

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
South Mountain MineMine—Closed38 km

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