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0231 Skah (Queen) Nee Noshe (Standing Water), Nee Gr~nde (Big Water) and Nee So PlIh' (Black Water) reservoirs. Queen Reservoir is most commonly referred to by its English name while the others are commonly referred to by their Indian names. Amity's water is transported in the Fort Lyon Canal 45 miles downstream to the Kickingbird bifurcation. Amity then delivers this water to the Great Plains reservoir system. As a result of a contract with the Great Plains Water and Storage Company (a predecessor of Amity) Ft. Lyon also obtains water through Queen Reservoir (Tipton and Kalmbach 1987). The capacity of the Ft. Lyon Canal above the Kicki~gbird bifurcation has been reported to be approximately 1,800 cfs. Downstream from the bifurcation structure the capacity has been reported to range from approximately 1,500 cfs to approximately 600 cfs. A Parshal1 measuring flume has been constructed on the Ft. Lyon Canal about two miles downstream from the diversion dam. The flume measures diversions that are both Ft. Lyon dire<< flow priorities and diversions for the Great PlainS Reservoir system (Tipton and Kalmbach 1987). In its 1989-1990 investigation of the Fort Lyon Canal system, the USGS calculated the flow ratJs of the Ft. Lyon Canal at several locations. Although their data are not conclusive, it appears that the present capacity of the Ft. Lyon Canal is less than stated in prior engineering reports (Dash '1993). The Ft. Lyon Storage Canal delivers water from its iheadgate located on the north bank of the Arkansas River about three miles east of Manzanola to Horse Creek Reservoir and Adobe Creek Reservoir. The capacity of the canal has been reported to be approximately 2,000 cfs. The distance from its point of diversion at the Arkansas River to Hotse Creek Reservoir is approximately 33 miles and the canal length to Adobe Creek Reservoir is ap~roximately 45 miles. In addition, water for storage may be obtained from both Horse Creek ll.nd Adobe Creek. Water in Horse Creek Reservoir is released into the Horse Creek Outlet C~nal and delivered to the Ft. Lyon Canal at a point approximately 16 miles downstream from the Ft. Lyon Canal headgate. Water is released from Adobe Creek Reservoir into Adobe Creek through the Adobe Creek Outlet Canal approximately 2.5 miles in length and then enters the Ft. Lyon Canaljapproximately 23 miles downstream from the headgate. The storage water is used to supplement w~ter delivered under the direct flow priorities (Tipton and Kalmbach 1987). : i Losses in the system have been estimated to be 17%Jor the Fort Lyon storage canal, 30% for the Fort Lyon Canal and 10% for the laterals. A portipn of these losses do not return back to the . stream system (Woodward-Clyde 1981). . i The Ft. Lyon Canal Company also has constructed 1'hurston Reservoir (near the lower end of its system) which has a decreed capacity of 1,515 acre-fe~t. This structure originally was used to deliver water to Amity with Ft. Lyon receiving water from A/nity by exchange. In 1984 the Ft. Lyon Canal Company constructed a pump and pipeline on Thl1rston Reservoir so that the water could be pumped from the reservoir back into the Ft. Lyon C~na1. Thurston Reservoir is a minor source of additional supply to the company (Tipton and Kalmbach 1987). ! In 1983 the company developed a Feasibility Repor\ for the Rehabilitation and Betterment of the Fort Lyon Canal System (Tipton and Kalmbach 198~). The report was initiated in part to obtain 1 ! 3-2 ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I