Big Knife Creek
5 water rights in Lake County, Montana, with priority dates from July 16, 1855 to July 20, 1972.
Listed in priority order. When Big Knife Creek runs short, the rights near the top of this list are filled first and the ones at the bottom are the first asked to stop. Rights on the same stream in a neighbouring county, or on connected groundwater, can sit in the same line; the state's water commissioner or district office has the full picture. Sources are matched by name within the county, so two different streams with the same name would share this page.
Priority date · senior to junior
- Before 1880
- 1880–1899
- 1900–1919
- 1920–1949
- 1950–1972
- 1973–1999
- 2000 and later
- No priority date
- #1Jul 16, 185576L 166700 00Big Knife Creek · IrrigationFlathead Joint Board of Control · 696.7 cfs
- #2Jan 22, 191076L 189990 00Big Knife Creek · IrrigationUSDI, Bureau of Indian Affairs · 697.1 cfs
- #3Jul 20, 197276L 153878 00Big Knife Creek · DomesticPatrick F McMurray; Ramona Meers · 0.06 cfs, 3.5 AF
- No priority date76L 30052759Big Knife Creek · Fish and WildlifeUSA (Dept of Interior Bureau of Indian Aff) · 48.4 cfs
- No priority date76L 30052783Big Knife Creek · Fish and WildlifeUSA (Dept of Interior Bureau of Indian Aff) · 33 cfs