Water Right Report : 37-895( Decreed/Active)

Water Right Owners

Owner Type Name Address City State Postal Code
Attorney HOBDEY, CRAIG D PO BOX 176 GOODING ID 83330
Current Owner BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY 409 N APPLE ST SHOSHONE ID 83352-5415

Water Right Status

Priority Date : 9/1/1920
Basis : Decreed
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 01N 18E 12 0 NW SE SW BLAINE
BIG WOOD RIVER 01N 18E 35 0 NW NW NE BLAINE Injection
BIG WOOD RIVER 02S 18E 18 0 NE NE BLAINE
BIG WOOD RIVER 02S 18E 30 0 SW SE NE BLAINE
BIG WOOD RIVER 03S 18E 9 0 SE NE SE LINCOLN
BIG WOOD RIVER 04S 18E 15 0 SW NW SE LINCOLN
BIG WOOD RIVER 04S 19E 25 0 SE NW SE LINCOLN Injection
BIG WOOD RIVER 04S 19E 25 0 NE SW SE LINCOLN Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 04S 19E 33 0 NW SE SE LINCOLN Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 14E 33 0 NW NE SE GOODING Injection
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 14E 35 0 NE SE NE GOODING Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 15E 12 0 NE SE SW LINCOLN
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 15E 31 2 NE SW NW GOODING Injection
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 15E 31 2 NE SW NW GOODING
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 15E 31 0 NE SE NW GOODING
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 16E 29 0 SW SE SW LINCOLN Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 05S 19E 5 0 SW NW SE LINCOLN Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 06S 14E 30 0 SE NE SW GOODING Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 06S 14E 30 0 NE SE SW GOODING Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 06S 15E 3 0 SW NW GOODING Rediversion
BIG WOOD RIVER 06S 15E 6 0 NW SW NE GOODING Rediversion

Water Uses

Beneficial Use From To Diversion Rate Volume
IRRIGATION STORAGE 01/01 12/31 5391.00 AFA
IRRIGATION FROM STORAGE 04/01 10/31 5391.00 AFA
DIVERSION TO STORAGE 11/01 03/31 18.00 CFS
TOTAL 18.00 CFS 5391.00 AFA

Places of Use

This water right has a Large Place Of Use

Conditions

Code Condtions
129 Place of use is within the area served by Big Wood Canal Company.
172 The boundary encompassing the place of use for this water right is described with a digital boundary as authorized by Idaho law. The data comprising the digital boundary are stored in the electronic document management system of the Department and are incorporated into this approval by this reference. A map depicting the place of use is attached to this approval document to illustrate the place of use described by the digital boundary.
U42 Place of use does not include federal public lands unless authorized in writing by the managing federal agency.
X27 This right is limited to the irrigation of 74,000 acres within the authorized place of use in a single irrigation season.
Water under this right is deliverable or may be initiated at the time when the Big Wood River near the Glendale Bridge is dammed and all flow of the river can be conveyed into the Bypass canal heading within the NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4 Section 12, T1N, R18E. The amount of water deliverable under this right is proportionate to the prorata share of senior priority water (prior to 6/15/1883) deliverable in the Baseline Bypass and Extension Bypass system. This right is curtailed when all priority rights through the Baseline Bypass and Extension Bypass system are futile or not called for during the irrigation season.
The actual volume of water authorized under this right is limited to the volume of water saved during the non-irrigation season based on the number of days water is diverted into the Bypass Canal.
157 Pursuant to a call in times of scarcity, this right is senior to all other rights that did not result from developed/saved water in the Big Wood River, as established by and subject to the provisions included within In Re Upper Big Wood River Water Users Assn, et. al., plaintiff vs. S. H. Chapman, Watermaster, Defendant in the District Court of Lincoln County dated 8/28/1922.
The points of diversion located within the NESENW and Government Lot # 2 (NESWNW) of Section 31, Township 5 South, Range 15 East are limited to a combined maximum diversion rate of 0.41 cfs.
The point of rediversion located within the NWSESE of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 19 East is limited to a maximum diversion rate of 4.00 cfs.
Water diverted from the Big Wood River downstream of the point of injection listed on this right within Government Lot # 2 (NESWNW) Section 31, Township 5 South, Range 15 East may include water originally diverted from the Big Wood River and conveyed through the Little Wood River.
Water diverted from the NESENW of Section 31, Township 5 South, Range 15 East, under this right may include water diverted from the Big Wood River in exchange for the injection of Big Wood River water that is conveyed through the Little Wood River and then injected from the Little Wood River into the Big Wood River within Government Lot # 2 (NESWNW) Section 31, Township 5 South, Range 15 East.
Rights 37-867, 37-895 and 37-20733 are limited to a total storage of 191,500 acre feet.
X35 Rights 37-867, 37-870, 37-895, 37-13043, 37-13112, 37-13113, 37-13114, 37-13116, 37-20733, 37-21401, 37-21402, 37-21403, 37-21404, and 37-21405 when combined shall not exceed the irrigation of 74,000 acres.
R05 Use of water under this right will be regulated by a watermaster with responsibility for the distribution of water among appropriators within a water district. At the time of this approval, this water right is within State Water District No. 37.
R43 The right holder shall maintain a measuring device and lockable controlling works of a type approved by the Department in a manner that will provide the watermaster suitable control of the diversion(s).
T07 The right holder shall accomplish the change authorized by this transfer within one year of the date of this approval.
T08 Failure of the right holder to comply with the conditions of this transfer is cause for the Director to rescind approval of the transfer.
T19 Pursuant to Section 42-1412(6), Idaho Code, this water right is subject to such general provisions necessary for the definition of the rights or for the efficient administration of water rights as may be determined by the Snake River Basin Adjudication court at a point in time no later than the entry of the final unified decree.
Dates
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  • Decreed Date : 11/29/2012
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Other Information
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  • Water District Number : 37
  • Generic Max Rate Per Acre : 0
  • Generic Max Volume Per Acre : 0
  • Combined Acre Limit : 74000.00
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  • Swan Falls Trust or Nontrust :
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  • Mitigation Plan: False

IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

10/14/2026