> Univ.of 111. Library tfiau ( GF :UTMs UKIMA STATE OF NEVADA PRELIMINARY ORDER OF DETERMINATION OF THE 53 14-21 Waters of the Humboldt River and Its Tributaries Compiled by the Office of State Engineer, Under Authority of Chapter 140, Statutes of 1913, as amended by Chapter 233, Statutes of 1913, as amended by Chapter 106, Statutes of 1921 J. G. SCRUGHAM, State Engineer CARSON CITY, NEVADA State Printing Office— Joe Farnsworth, Superintendent 1922 PRELIMINARY ORDER OF DETERMINATION OF THE HUMBOLDT RIVER STREAM-SYSTEM AND ITS TRIBUTARIES The State Engineer of the State of Nevada, having heretofore and under and pursuant to section 18 of chapter 140, Statutes of Nevada, 1913, and Acts amen- datory and supplemental thereto, selected in order of its importance for irriga- tion the Humboldt River stream-system and its tributaries for the determination of the relative rights to the use of the water of said stream-system, and the State Engineer having given and published the notices and filed and made the orders as required by the provisions of sections 18 to 27 of the said chapter 140, Statutes of Nevada, 1913, and Acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, and having made the investigations, prepared the maps, observations and other data, as required by said sections, of said Act, and having received and there having been filed with said State Engineer the proofs and statements of claims to the use of water from said stream-system, and all said proofs and evidence taken or given before the State Engineer, or obtained by said State Engineer, having been duly considered, said State Engineer hereby makes this his Preliminary Order of Determination, defining the several rights of claims to the waters of said stream-system and its tributaries. Except as hereinafter stated, it is recommended the duty of water on the lands irrigated from the Humboldt River stream-system should be as follows : * Class A, Harvest Crops, etc. — 3 acre-feet per acre. Class B, Meadow Pasture — 1% acre-feet per acre. Class C, Diversified Pasture — % acre-foot per acre. In the following tabulations the calculated rate of flow in Districts 1, 2, and 3 is based upon an irrigating season of 180 days for Class A lands, 90 days for Class B lands, and 45 days for Class C lands. In District 4 the calculated rate of flow is based upon an irrigating season of 120 days for Class A lands, 60 days for Class B lands, and 30 days for Class C lands. Due to the wide varia- tions in conditions of irrigation practice, season, soil, crops, etc., the State Engi- neer deems it necessary to reserve the right as given under section 36a, chapter 106, Nevada Statutes of 1921, to modify his findings on the duty of water or rate of flow as allocated, where it is afterwards found that such modification is desirable and consistent with th4 principle that actual and beneficial use is the measure and limit of the right. In defining this actual and beneficial use the State Engineer will give due consideration to the head required to distribute the water over the land and to the water which returns to the stream-system and becomes available for the use of other appropriators. Upon lands where conditions render it impossible to measure the amount of water diverted upon the land, the duty of water as allotted will be mod- ified and based upon that time-limit of irrigation which is found to be most consistent with good husbandry. Swamp lands which are allocated a water right in the following tabulations should not carry the right to divert water from the stream-system on to such lands, until the areas become dry or are drained and provision made to return the drainage water to the stream-system. The parties named in this order of determination, or their successors in 3 interest, shall not be required to take or use the amount of water allotted to them in a continuous flow, but may cumulate the same or any part thereof in rotation or periodic turn, within the season limits, and with the approval of the Water Commissioner, and subject to the control and direction of the State Engineer. In addition to water used during the irrigating season, each user should be entitled, in his proper proportion and priority, to the use of water in such reasonable amounts as necessary for fall and spring irrigation and for stock- watering purposes during the nonirrigating season. In case any water user is dissatisfied with the duty of water as allotted in this preliminary order of determination, he may, either immediately or at any time not later than three years from date of issuance of the court decree, sub- mit to the State Engineer such authenticated measurements as may be neces- sary to prove the actual and beneficial use of water on his lands. Upon approval of the proof submitted, the Engineer will accordingly modify his findings or, in case the decree has already been entered, he will apply to the Court for a modification of the duty of water allotment in conformity with the proof submitted. All measurements of amounts diverted are to be made at the point where the main ditch enters or becomes adjacent to the land to be irrigated or as near thereto as practicable, the location if not selected by the State Engineer to be approved by him. Each water user shall install and maintain substantial headgates and weirs in his ditch or ditches. 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