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• Middle Creek: Number 48 for 1.6 cfs (Piquet Ditch No. 7) <br />• Jack Creek: Number 27 for 1 cfs (Piquet Ditch No. 3) <br />• Sheep Creek: Number 27 for 1 cfs (Sheep Creek Ditch) <br />• Hodding Creek: Number 21 for 1 cfs (Hodding Ditch No3) <br />The District Commissioner is not aware of diversions structures that have physical capacities that <br />are less than their total decreed water rights. <br />The Commissioners noted that several diversion structures that appear in the State's database that <br />actually carry water rights decreed for other structures. Those carrying more than 5 cfs include: <br />• Oklahoma Company Ditch <br />• George Ball Ditch <br />• Woodard Brothers Ditch <br />• Russel Company Ditch <br />• Starr Ditch <br />• Malone Sullivan <br />The water rights of other structures that are carried in these ditches are noted in Attachment 2. <br />There are several instream flow water rights located in District 26. These rights, however, are <br />junior in priority and located within National Forest lands upstream of other water users. <br />Therefore, these rights are generally satisfied by natural flow conditions, and do not require active <br />administration. <br />Drainage and Seepage Ditches <br />As previously noted, there are several water rights decreed on Werner Arroyo. Werner Arroyo <br />captures and carries water returning from irrigated lands lying to the south of Saguache Creek. <br />Ditches with diversion structures on Werner Arroyo or receiving water from the Rio Grande <br />Canal include: <br />Glenn Alexander Ditch <br />Jays Ditch <br />Joe Alexander Ditch <br />Key Structures <br />To assist in the development of a surface water model of the Rio Grande as part of the RGDSS, <br />discussions with District 26 Commissioners included the identification of "key" diversion <br />structures. Key structures were defined as those that significantly effect water rights <br />administration in the District. The criteria that were used to identify key structures included: <br />• total decreed water right amount under the structure (greater than 5 cfs; <br />• water right priority, either senior or swing rights as identified by the water <br />commissioner during the interview; <br />• relatively large amounts of land irrigated under the structure (250 acres and <br />greater); and <br />• represented in previous modeling efforts. <br />C:Acdss\D26 Mem.doc District 26 Interview July 2, 1999 -Page 3 of 6 <br />