Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§662 Reservation of Reservoir Sites Generally
Title 43 › Chapter 15— APPROPRIATION OF WATERS; RESERVOIR SITES › § 662
Summary
Reservoirs and other water-storage or flood-control sites chosen before August 30, 1890 must be kept off limits to public entry or settlement until a law changes that. Sites picked after that date are also kept off limits starting on the day they are selected.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §662
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Sites for reservoirs and other hydraulic works necessary for the storage and utilization of water for irrigation and the prevention of floods and overflows, located or selected prior to August 30, 1890, shall remain segregated and reserved from entry, or settlement, until otherwise provided by law, and reservoir sites thereafter located or selected on public lands shall in like manner be reserved from the date of the location or selection thereof.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is based on provisions contained in acts Oct. 2, 1888, and Aug. 30, 1890, affected by act Oct. 21, 1976.
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–579 struck out provision authorizing the President, in his discretion, to open by proclamation any portion or all of the lands reserved by this section to settlement under the homestead laws.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1976 Amendment Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792, provided that the amendment made by section 704(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
Savings Provision
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 662
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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