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I I. I I I I I I I I. I I I I I I I I- I 276:3 13. WATER RIGHT - Fort Bent Ditch Company CASE NUMBER - W-4015 (Division 2) TOTAL ACRES - 8000 under the ditch TOTAL MOVED - 1,059 shares purchased of 11,651.2 shares; 386 shares are the subject of case W-4015 % MOVED approximately 75% of the 1059 shares ACREAGE DRIED UP TO DATE - about 850 acres, of which about 600 is lightly irrigated for a game refuge, and 40-60 ~cres are now park irrigated with city tap water FROM - Irrigators TO - City of Lamar DATE - Purchases from the late 1950's to present; largest purchase in 1977-78 of the 700 acre Cruikshank farm; application 1973; decree 1976. PRICE - approximately $100 per share recently DECREED TERMS AND CONDITIONS - The decree allows use of 386 shares to be used for a municipal recharge gallery on Clay Creek, from which water is extracted for municipal use by a well field. water is no longer to be used for agricultural irrigation evaporation from the recharge gallery is deducted AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS - The urban growth of Lamar, through which the Ft. Bent Canal flows, has taken some historically irrigated land. About 600 acres have been removed from agricultural production solely for city water supply needs. ECONOMIC IMPACTS - The Cruikshank farm and water was originally purchased to assure Iowa Beef of sufficient water if and when it located in Lamar. Because the Cruikshank farm is now owned by the Division of Wildlife, it is lost from the tax roles. SOCIAL IMPACTS' unknown ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. The city provided approximately 600 acres and 50 shares of water the Division of Wildlife for game refuge. The city has leased 200 additional shares to Division of Wildlife for up to five years for initial establishment of wildlife forage on the land. COMMENTS - Information from Decree, and from Robert Northrup, former Mayor of Lamar, 1217/92; research by Kevin Pratt. A2-20