WSP08835

• File Number: 8149.100
• Description: Miscellaneous Small Projects and Project Studies - NRCS-Ft Lyon Canal Co Limestone Graveyard Creeks
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 6/2/1993
• Author: Gronning Engineering
• Title: Ft Lyon Canal Company Water Transfer Alternatives Study Phase I Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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allow a total diversion of 933 cfs as I
I
ater Rights
Amount I
cfs I
4.64
7.16 I
1.20
3.00 cfs I
ately 16 cfs, free of any assessments
right of way in 1883. These water i
. (Schuyler 1910)
acre-feet from the Arkansas River I
ecreed rights are presented in Table
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'ghts I
acre-feet) are:
Source
Horse Creek I
Arkansas River
Arkansas River
the priorities are: I
Source
Arkansas River
Horse Creek I
Arkansas River
:
Source I
Horse Creek
Arkansas River
Arkansas River I
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Water Ril!hts and Water Storal!e

The Ft. Lyon Canal Company has direct flow water rights which
outlined below. .

Table 3.1 ,
,
Ft. Lyon Canal Company Direct Flow W

Priority Date
April 15, 1884 16
March 1, 1887 59
August 31, 1893 17
Total direct flow water rights 93

The direct flow water rights are subject to delivery of *pproxim
or charges. as a result of the acquisition by the compa~y of the
rights are delivered for agricultural use in the La Junt~ Division
i
Horse Creek Reservoir has a total decreed capacity Of 28,000
through the Ft. Lyon Storage Canal or from Horse Creek. The d
3.2.

Table 3.2
,

Horse Creek Reservoir!Water Ri
1. Priorities for its original construction (11,400
Priority Date Flow Rate
August 14, 1900 2,000 cfs
January 25 1906 840 cfs
March 1, 1910 1,466 cfs
2. For the first enlargement (15,487 aqre-feet),
Priority Date Flow Rate
January 25, 1906 840 cfs
December 20, 1907 . 5,000 cfs
March 1, 1910 1,466 cfs
3. For the second enlargement (1,113 acre-feet)
Priority Date Flow Rate
June 12. 1908 5.000 cfs
June 12, 1908 840 cfs
March 1, 1910 1,466 cfs