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Volumes of Water Records and Indexes for Davis County

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Book of persons receiving water rights from the Weber River in Davis County, includes plat number, owner's name, channel name, and acreage per crop (march, native hay or pasture, cultivated land,orchard, garden, and totals).

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Bound copies of files related to the 1913 Utah Supreme Court case in which the plaintiff, Jacob Jensen, claimed that changes made to the irrigation canal by the Davis and Weber Counties Canal Company damaged his property and the orchard and crops growing on it.

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News clippings from the Davis County Clipper for the "Notice, Order and Resolution" that a petition was filed for the formation of the Bonneville Irrigation Distirict. The clipping lists names of land owners, acres of land owned, and water allotments.

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This collection contains documents regarding the formation, expansion, and/or management of the special district.

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A collection of letter and over various documents about the Davis Lake Project.

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Undated book of water claims from Davis County water commissioners, who issued primary and secondary water rights certificates in accordance with priority of rights. Includes water source )creek, river, stream), water certificate number, name, whether a primary or secondary right amount of water right (in acres), purpose, ditch or section to be used, season water needed, and legal description of land where water is to be used.

Scope and Contents Undated book of water claims on the Weber River. Includes claim number, claimant's name and address, nature of uses, cubic feet per second water flow, source of supply,loction of water diverted, diverting works, date work began channel as originally constructed and date completed, date and time water first used, flow cubic feet per second, place and manner where water first used and changes, number and history to current year of acres irrigated and their locations, soil character, and crops...