The creek outside our door

One of the main reasons we bought this place was because it has three water sources and the Rogue River a mile away. There are also creeks, ponds and waterfalls nearby.

The creek is literally just off our front porch and runs year round to the Rogue, real mountain spring water from a spring nearby and piped into a holding tank and a well. Water is life.

When I'm not doing chores or other stuff I sit out there and know I'm finally home.

I took some pics earlier. Every time I sit on that porch I realize that I'm blessed to live here even with its drawbacks. Most importantly, it feels like home.

 

No photos of the house and I still have to say...Nice place! I hope the opposite side of your house looks the same and not a photo of your neighbors fence.

 

power generation !!!!!

 

Nice view , and I'm sure the water is a pleasantly relaxing sound.

 

What a nice creek. Have you caught any fish in there?

 

Shoot, I'd be down there building an 3/4 ft dam me, Just for a fish holding tank and a power generating water wheel for the battery's!!!

Nice place!!!

 

No fences nearby, private but not remote.

There are fish in the creek but I've never seen one. It's also a gold bearing creek with a number of mining claims upstream.
One of these days I'll get down there and dredge & pan and see what happens.

I'm also debating on a water wheel or ram pump for power generation but other things always seem to come first.

Right now I'm doing a whole house remodel and the place is a disaster in and out.

 

Thanks for sharing .
If I lived there I'd build a "ram pump" and a cistern or tall water tank for the spring water to settle in gravity fed and use for gardening and house hold needs .
A ram pump needs no external power , it only requires about 6' of fall 20+ feet of 1" galvanized iron pipe (NOT PVC) , 2 -3/4" brass flap check valves, some T's and L's and close nipples, an air chamber, (I used a 2 liter bottle) .
There are several on you tube.

 

Thanks @arleigh.

 

A few views not of the rest of the area around the house. That's an 1100 gal. holding tank behind the house. I'm going to add another larger tank this Spring.

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Thank you @Dunerunner. It's just pics of another damp Winter morning in Jefferson, but I know I'm truly blessed to live here and every day I'm grateful.
Hell, at my age I'm just happy for another day.

 

I've heard it said that some people pump water from the creek for irrigation and possibly fire fighting.

 

Pretty place! I like trees, green, means life to me, that's why I moved here. I've had even of burnt brown to last me the rest of my life.

 

My first thought was "Wonder if he's ever tried panning that creek?" LOL Beautiful.

 

I have water rights, but I'd have to check for mineral rights.

 

Somehow I find water rights as a joke,Never had a problem with water or the abundance of it here.

 

Find your place on Google Earth and have a peek at the elevations. You may not need a ram pump (or any other kind) to fill a tank if you can run a sluice from a higher point to the top of your tank You might also tap the sluice for a small hydro wheel..