Water Right Report : 85-11087( Decreed/Active)

Water Right Owners

Owner Type Name Address City State Postal Code
Current Owner UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH BUREAU OF RECLAMATION REGIONAL DIRECTOR PN CODE-3100 1150 N CURTIS RD STE 100 BOISE ID 83706-1234
Original Owner LEWISTON ORCHARDS IRRIGATION DISTRICT 1520 POWERS AVE LEWISTON ID 83501

Water Right Status

Priority Date : 12/31/1935
Basis : Decreed
Status : Active

Water Source

Source Source Qualifier Tributary Tributary Qualifier
SWEETWATER CREEK WEST FORK SWEETWATER CREEK

Points Of Diversion (Location)

Source Township Range Section Govt. Lot QQQ QQ Q County Diversion Type
SWEETWATER CREEK 33N 04W 9 0 NW NW NEZ PERCE Injection
SWEETWATER CREEK 33N 04W 9 5 SE SE NEZ PERCE Rediversion
SWEETWATER CREEK 33N 04W 14 0 SW SW NEZ PERCE
SWEETWATER CREEK 33N 04W 15 4 SW NW NEZ PERCE Injection
SWEETWATER CREEK 34N 04W 21 3 NW SW NEZ PERCE Rediversion
SWEETWATER CREEK 35N 04W 17 18 SE SE NEZ PERCE Injection
SWEETWATER CREEK 35N 04W 17 18 SE SE NEZ PERCE Rediversion

Water Uses

Beneficial Use From To Diversion Rate Volume
IRRIGATION STORAGE 01/01 12/31 1308.50 AFA
IRRIGATION FROM STORAGE 03/15 11/15 1308.50 AFA
MUNICIPAL STORAGE 01/01 12/31 1308.50 AFA
MUNICIPAL FROM STORAGE 01/01 12/31 1308.50 AFA
DIVERSION TO STORAGE 01/01 12/31 20.00 CFS
TOTAL 20.00 CFS 1308.50 AFA

Places of Use

This water right has a Large Place Of Use

Conditions

Code Condtions
125 Place of use is within the service area of Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District as provided for under Idaho law. The place of use is generally described as within the city limits of Lewiston and the surrounding service area.
C18 This partial decree is subject to such general provisions necessary for the definition of the rights or for the efficient administration of the water rights as may be ultimately determined by the Court at a point in time no later than the entry of a final unified decree. Section 42-1412(6), Idaho Code.
Point of injection in T33N, R04W, S15, Lot 4 (SWNW) is into Waha Lake. Point of rediversion in T33N, R04W,S09, Lot 5 (SESE) is from Waha Lake. Point of injection in T33N, R04W, S09, NWNW is into an unnamed stream tributary to the West Fork of Sweetwater Creek. Point of rediversion in T34N, R04W, S21, Lot 3 (NWSW) is from Sweetwater Creek via the Sweetwater Canal. Point of injection and point of rediversion in T35N, R04W, S17, Lot 18 (SESE) is from Lindsay Creek at Mann Lake.
135 The boundary encompassing the irrigation place of use for this water right is described with a digital boundary as defined by I.C. Section 42-202B(2) and authorized pursuant to I.C. Section 42-1411(2)(h). The data comprising the digital boundary are incorporated herein by reference and are stored on a CD-ROM disk issued in duplicate originals on file with the SRBA District Court and the Idaho Department of Water Resources. A map depicting the place of use is attached hereto to illustrate the place of use described by the digital boundary.
Right Nos. 85-16, 85-2049, 85-2063, 85-2065, 85-2146, 85-2147, 85-4483, 85-11087 and 85-15424 are limited to the irrigation of a combined total of 3845 acres in a single irrigation season.
Municipal use includes domestic use as claimed.
Dates
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  • Decreed Date : 9/1/2010
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Other Information
  • State or Federal : S
  • Water District Number : NWD
  • Generic Max Rate Per Acre : 0
  • Generic Max Volume Per Acre : 0
  • Combined Acre Limit : 3845.00
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  • Mitigation Plan: False

IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

10/14/2026