AGENCY: Weber County (Utah). County Clerk

SERIES: 12516
TITLE: Weber River System water claim tabulations
DATES: [ca. 1908].
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by county, thereunder numerical by claim number

DESCRIPTION: Undated books of water claims on the Weber River, with handwritten notations on the inside covers indicating they are court copies, (may have served as evidence in a major water rights case concerning the Weber River). Divided by county: Books 1-3 Weber County, Book 1-Summit County, and unnumbered separate volumes for Morgan and Davis counties. They include claim number, claimant's name and address, nature of uses, cubic feet per second water flow and source, location of water diverted, diverting works, date work began. Also contains information on the channel as originally constructed, date original channel completed, date, place, manner and changes in which water first used, number of acres first irrigated and in subsequent years, currently irrigated land and location, soil character, crops first and subsequently raised.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 12/1993

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This disposition is based on the historical value of these records in documenting water rights in northern Utah.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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