Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 554 water rights on record in Mineral County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1872-06-09 to 2018-12-31.
CFS on record: 5,378.4 absolute · 81.5 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 51 rights in Mineral County carry a conditional portion, water that is decreed but not yet perfected. Absolute and conditional are not the same asset.
In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Mineral County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 89 | 16.1% | |
| 1900-1949 | 175 | 31.6% | |
| 1950-1969 | 94 | 17.0% | |
| 1970-1999 | 157 | 28.3% | |
| 2000+ | 39 | 7.0% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 248 |
| Domestic | 196 |
| Fishery | 107 |
| Minimum streamflow | 92 |
| Commercial | 91 |
| Stock | 83 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879-05-31 | WASSEN D | WILLOW CREEK | 6.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1888-04-01 | SPRING RANCH D | RIO GRANDE | 1.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1888-12-31 | W1395 WELL NO 01 | GROUNDWATER: RIO GRANDE | 0.056 CFS | Commercial, Domestic | state record |
| 1888-12-31 | 25CW3006 WELL NO 1R | GROUNDWATER: RIO GRANDE | 0.056 CFS | Domestic | state record |
| 1888-12-31 | 25CW3006 WELL NO 1R | GROUNDWATER: RIO GRANDE | 0.056 CFS | Domestic | state record |
| 1890-10-31 | CHAPSON AND HOWE DITCH | WEST FORK SAN JUAN RIVER | 3.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1874-06-30 | JESSUP D 1 | RIO GRANDE | 0.3 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1880-07-15 | TROUT DALE D | CLEAR CREEK | 3.2 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-06-30 | 4 U R DITCH | GOOSE CREEK | 1.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-07-25 | LAKENAN D | BOULDER CREEK | 0.6 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Mineral County covers every one of the 554 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.
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Records last updated 10 September 2026.