7886

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7886
• Author: Hydrosphere Resource Consultants.
• Title: Yampa River Basin Recommended Alternative, Detailed Feasibility Study
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: Final Report.
• Copyright Material: NO

Reservoir Operating Studies
a refill decree for 35,026 of having a 1981 priority. For modeling purposes, only the first fill
decree was assumed to be transferred to Elkhead.
Table 2-2 lists the relative priorities of water rights and demands explicitly represented in
various scenarios in the basin model.
Table 2-2
Summary of Modeled Water Rights. Listed by Priority
Maybell Canal
Senior Municipal
Hayden Station
Hayden Station
Senior Agriculture
Juniper Project4
Four Counties
Craig Station
Stagecoach Res.
California Park
Steamboat Lake
Elkhead Res.
Mt. Werner (dom)
Stagecoach Res.
Lake Catamount
Elkhead Res.
Craig Station
Junior Agriculture
Mt. Werner (snow)
Steamboat Lake
Steamboat Springs Wells'
Future Mining
Future Coal Gas
Future Agriculture
42.2 cfs
varies'
27.0 cfs2
3.0 cfs2
varies3
n.a.
varies
45.7 cfs
11,614 of
36,536.1 of
23,064 of
5,389 of
2.7 cfs
22,105 of
7,800 af5
8,310 of
44.9 cfs
varies
7.4 cfs
3,300 of
26810.18172
n.a.
35987.27982
36295.17380
n.a. _
38714.00000
39599.00000
40815.00000
40815.00000
41126.00000
41727.40833
42642.00000
42962.00000
44559.44488
44761.00000
44925.44731
45290.44865
n.a.
47859.00000
51134.43234
Notes:
1) Includes all gage adjustments to reach 1989 potential levels for all municipal demands over
entire study period " future municipal demands at Craig and Hayden.
2) Hayden Station decrees combined into a single 30 cfs water right in. model. Current
potential demand modeled as gage adjustment.
3) Includes gage adjustments to achieve 1989 potential demands and dry-year increments.
4) Not operated in all scenarios and operated in a subordinated priority position in some
scenarios.
5) Only 1,300 of/yr evaporation depletion actually modeled.
6) Includes all existing irrigation depletions estimated by Division 6 to be relying on water
rights adjudicated junior to 1954 Juniper project rights.
7) Future Steamboat Springs municipal demand, augmented from Stagecoach.
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