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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Adobe Creek Reservoir. Total decreed capacity of 87,000 acre-feet which can be supplied from the
Arkansas River through the Ft. Lyon Storage Canal or from Adobe Creek. These rights are presented
in Table 3.3.

Table 3.3

Adobe Creek Reservoir Water Rights

1. Priorities for its original construction (61,575 acre-feet) are:
priority Date Flow Rate Source
January 25, 1906 8,631 cfs Adobe Creek
January 25, 1906 840 cfs Arkansas River
March 1, 1910 1,466 cfs Arkansas River
2. For the first enlargement (25,425 acre-feet), the priorities are:
priority Date Flow Rate Source
December 29, 1908 8,631 cfs Adobe Creek
December 29, 1908 840 cfs Arkansas River
March 1, 191 0 1,466 cfs Arkansas River

The Fort Lyon Canal Company as a part of the winter water storage program may also store its water
rights in Pueblo Reservoir, John Martin Reservoir or other off-stream storage facilities owned by the
winter storage program applicants.

Fort Lyon's storage in John Martin Reservoir is authorized under Section IllB of the 1980 Operating
Plan for John Martin Reservoir. Ft. Lyon may store up to 20,000 acre feet of water in John Martin
for agricultural purposes under the Pueblo winter storage plan and may use water in this account for
exchange with existing priorities. In the event the water is not used by the end of each compact year
(October 31) the water becomes conservation storage which accrues to Colorado Water District 67
ditches or the State of Kansas. (Arkansas River Compact Administration 1980)

As a result of its contract with Amity, Fort Lyon receives 5,483 acre feet of water from Queen
Reservoir. In recent years a portion of the Fort Lyon 5,483 acre feet has been delivered to the Ft.
Lyon Section III account in John Martin Reservoir where is has been used by exchange. (Colorado
Division of Wildlife 1993)

The Ft. Lyon System also receives supplemental irrigation water supplies from the Fryingpan-Arkansas
(Fry-Ark) project operated by the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Ft. Lyon Fry-Ark
allocations are presented in Table 3.4.

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