Water Right Report : 73-12234( Decreed/Active)

Water Right Owners

Owner Type Name Address City State Postal Code
Current Owner BIG CREEK RANCH LLC PO BOX 5987 KETCHUM ID 83340-5987
Original Owner HOOPER, JAMES ID
Previous Owner OLD CORRALS & SAGEBRUSH LLLP 453 S FITNESS PL EAGLE ID 83616

Water Right Status

Priority Date : 2/20/1886
Basis : Decreed
Status : Active

Water Source

Source Source Qualifier Tributary Tributary Qualifier
PATTERSON CREEK PAHSIMEROI RIVER

Points Of Diversion (Location)

Source Township Range Section Govt. Lot QQQ QQ Q County Diversion Type
PATTERSON CREEK 14N 22E 16 0 NE SE LEMHI

Water Uses

Beneficial Use From To Diversion Rate Volume
IRRIGATION 04/01 10/31 7.48 CFS
STOCKWATER 1 /1 12/31 0.23 CFS
TOTAL 7.48 CFS

Places of Use

Place of Use Legal Description : IRRIGATION (CUSTER county)
Township Range Section Lot QQQ QQ Q Acres
14N 22E 16 SW SW 7.2
14N 22E 17 SW NE 6.7
14N 22E 17 NE NW 10.0
14N 22E 17 NW NW 40.0
14N 22E 17 SW NW 40.0
14N 22E 17 SE NW 39.0
14N 22E 17 NE SW 40.0
14N 22E 17 NW SW 40.0
14N 22E 17 SW SW 33.0
14N 22E 17 SE SW 40.0
14N 22E 17 NE SE 7.4
14N 22E 17 NW SE 32.0
14N 22E 17 SW SE 40.0
14N 22E 17 SE SE 38.0
14N 22E 18 NE NE 40.0
14N 22E 18 SE NE 40.0
14N 22E 18 NE SE 40.0
14N 22E 18 SE SE 11.0
14N 22E 20 NE NE 40.0
14N 22E 20 NW NE 39.7
14N 22E 20 SE NE 39.5
14N 22E 20 NE NW 39.0
14N 22E 21 NE NW 12.0
14N 22E 21 NW NW 37.0
14N 22E 21 SW NW 40.0
14N 22E 21 SE NW 40.0
14N 22E 21 NE SW 40.0
14N 22E 21 NW SW 39.7
14N 22E 21 NW SE 40.0
Place of Use Legal Description : STOCKWATER (CUSTER county)
Township Range Section Lot QQQ QQ Q Acres
14N 22E 16 SW SW
14N 22E 17 SW NE
14N 22E 17 NE NW
14N 22E 17 NW NW
14N 22E 17 SW NW
14N 22E 17 SE NW
14N 22E 17 NE SW
14N 22E 17 NW SW
14N 22E 17 SW SW
14N 22E 17 SE SW
14N 22E 17 NE SE
14N 22E 17 NW SE
14N 22E 17 SW SE
14N 22E 17 SE SE
14N 22E 18 NE NE
14N 22E 18 SE NE
14N 22E 18 NE SE
14N 22E 18 SE SE
14N 22E 20 NE NE
14N 22E 20 NW NE
14N 22E 20 SE NE
14N 22E 20 NE NW
14N 22E 21 NE NW
14N 22E 21 NW NW
14N 22E 21 SW NW
14N 22E 21 SE NW
14N 22E 21 NE SW
14N 22E 21 NW SW
14N 22E 21 NW SE
Irrigation Totals
Total Acres Acre Limit
951.20 323.50

Conditions

Code Condtions
X27 This right is limited to the irrigation of 323.5 acres within the authorized place of use in a single irrigation season.
X35 Rights 73-157, 73-158, 73-2102, 73-2155 and 73-12234 when combined shall not exceed a total of the irrigation of 323.5 acres.
X35 Rights 73-157, 73-158 and 73-12234 when combined shall not exceed a total diversion rate of 11.88 cfs.
X35 Rights 73-157, 73-158, 73-2102, 73-2155, 73-7022, 73-12179, 73-12218, 73-12233 and 73-12234 when combined shall not exceed a total diversion rate of 28.92 cfs and the irrigation of 951.2 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. 73.
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).
An additional weir or other measuring device will be installed and maintained at a point in the existing ditch within one hundred yards of the existing weir above the island pasture.
R59 This right when combined with all other rights shall provide no more than 3.5 afa per acre at the field headgate for irrigation of the place of use.
N05 The quantity of water under this right for stockwater use shall not exceed 13,000 gallons per day.
N08 The quantity of water decreed for this water right for stockwater use is not a determination of historical beneficial use.
029 Prior to the diversion and use of water under this approval, the right holder shall comply with all fish screening and/or fish passage requirements of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
B01 Source is also known as the West Branch of Spring Creek, Big Spring Creek, Spring Creek, or O' Neal Creek.
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 determined by the Snake River Basin Adjudication court in the final unified decree entered 08/26/2014.
Dates
  • Licensed Date :
  • Decreed Date : 9/29/2010
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Other Information
  • State or Federal : S
  • Water District Number : 73
  • Generic Max Rate Per Acre : 0
  • Generic Max Volume Per Acre : 3.5
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  • Swan Falls Trust or Nontrust :
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  • Mitigation Plan: False

IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

10/15/2026