NEMO | john s - 10/18/2025 13:24
just my WAG, I would base access on acres he can potentially irrigate.
If possible to irrigate 70 acres x whatever dollar amount he decides. for me it would be at least $15 an acre per year so $1050 access plus useage rate.
Is this a county gravel road?
Or is this a field road that the boundary of two different farms happens to be in the middle of the road?
eta meant to reply to cows-n-crops
eta #2 reading the water right laws below it might be a good idea to consult legal advise on this especially since these questions have been posted on the internet
It is a county dirt road. Creek runs north to south. Dirt road runs north to south on west side of the creek and does a 90 degree turn going west along the north side of the 70 acres. So the 70 acres is on the west side of dirt road (west of the creek) and also lays south of the dirt road when it turns west.
Really not sure how the farmer thought he had any access to the creek since the farm he leases doesn't touch or border the creek. But it is probably only 50-75 feet away from the creek.
Sounds like he may be in some legal trouble with the landowner to the east of the dirt road that the creek flows through. |
Farmer Built Irrigation Pivot and Now Needs Access To Water For the Pivot
