Water Right Report : 37-7848( License/Active)

Water Right Owners

Owner Type Name Address City State Postal Code
Current Owner BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY 409 N APPLE ST SHOSHONE ID 83352-5415
Original Owner COOK ELECTRIC CO INC PO BOX 1071 TWIN FALLS ID 83303-1071
Previous Owner MAGIC RESERVOIR HYDROELECTRIC INC C/O DON STURTEVANT J R SIMPLOT CO PO BOX 27 BOISE ID 83707

Water Right Status

Priority Date : 8/14/1980
Basis : License
Status : Active

Water Source

Source Source Qualifier Tributary Tributary Qualifier
BIG WOOD RIVER MALAD RIVER

Points Of Diversion (Location)

Source Township Range Section Govt. Lot QQQ QQ Q County Diversion Type
BIG WOOD RIVER 02S 18E 18 0 NE NE BLAINE

Water Uses

Beneficial Use From To Diversion Rate Volume
POWER 04/15 10/31 800.00 CFS
TOTAL 800.00 CFS

Places of Use

Place of Use Legal Description : POWER (BLAINE county)
Township Range Section Lot QQQ QQ Q Acres
02S 18E 18 SE NE

Conditions

Code Condtions
025 This right does not constitute Idaho Public Utilities Commission or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval that may be required.
913 The term of this water right shall run concurrently with Magic Dam Project, license 3047, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which expires on January 1, 2027. The term shall automatically extend to run concurrently with any annual renewals of the project's FERC license. Prior to the issuance of a subsequent or new FERC license for the project, the Director may review the water right license and may issue an order canceling all or any part of the use, establishing a new term, or revising, adding or deleting conditions under which the water right may be exercised. The order shall take effect on the date the current term, as may be extended through annual renewals, expires. If the Director does not issue such an order, the term shall automatically extend to a length equal to the project's subsequent or new FERC license and any prior conditions on the water right license shall remain in effect.
R22 The rights for the use of water confirmed in this license shall be junior and subordinate to all rights for the use of water other than hydropower, within the State of Idaho that are initiated later in time than the priority of this right and shall not give rise to any right or claim against any future rights for the use of water, other than hydropower, within the State of Idaho initiated later in time than the priority of this right.
R04 Use of water under this water right will be regulated by the watermaster of State Water District No. 37.
004 This right does not grant any right-of-way or easement across the land of another.
027 Use of water under this right shall be non-consumptive.
919 This water right authorizes the incidental generation of power using water released from Magic Reservoir under existing water rights for irrigation or other authorized purposes. This water right does not authorize the diversion, storage, or release of water for power purposes.
Dates
  • Licensed Date : 5/9/2014
  • Decreed Date :
  • Permit Proof Due Date : 9/1/1992
  • Permit Proof Made Date : 2/16/1990
  • Permit Approved Date : 9/1/1987
  • Permit Moratorium Expiration Date :
  • Enlargment Use Priority Date :
  • Enlargement Statute Priority Date :
  • Application Recevied Date: 8/14/1980
  • Protest Deadline Date:
Other Information
  • State or Federal :
  • Water District Number : 37
  • Generic Max Rate Per Acre : 0
  • Generic Max Volume Per Acre : 0
  • Civil Case Number :
  • Decree Plantiff :
  • Decree Defendant :
  • Swan Falls Trust or Nontrust :
  • Swan Falls Dismissed :
  • DLE Act Number :
  • Cary Act Number :
  • Mitigation Plan: False

IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

10/14/2026