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<br />Tables 2 and 3 above, show that the year-round flow recommendation of 1.2 cfs is available at <br />least 50% of the time in all months. <br /> <br />Precipitation Data <br />Staff reviewed a local precipitation data set from Salida, CO (see Precipitation Data in Appendix <br />C). Table 3 shows the water year and the percent of average precipitation recorded at this site. <br /> <br />Table 3: Precipitation Data as a percentage of Average. <br /> <br /> Elevation = 7050 <br /> Lat 38 32 00 <br /> Long 106 00 00 <br />Year Salida <br />1913 139% <br />1914 122% <br />1915 147% <br />1916 ? <br />1917 63% <br />1918 106% <br />1919 113% <br />Average 115% <br /> <br />It is staffs opinion that the 6 years of stream-flow data analyzed is representative of slightly <br />above average water-years. <br /> <br />Existing Water Right Information <br /> <br />Staff has analyzed the water rights tabulation and consulted with the Division Engineer Office <br />(DEO) to identify any potential water availability problems. There are no decreed surface <br />diversions within this reach of stream. Based on this analysis staff has determined that water is <br />available for appropriation on Fourmile Creek, between the confluence of Little Fourmile Creek <br />and the confluence of Arkansas River, to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree <br />without limiting or foreclosing the exercise of valid existing water rights. <br /> <br />- 5 - <br />