Application for Surface Water Rights for Recreational In-Channel Uses

• File Number: 8230.51B1
• Description: Water Court Application
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 12/22/2004
• Author: Town of Silverthorne, Colorado
• Title: Application for Surface Water Rights for Recreational In-Channel Uses
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Court Documents

controlled width that will create a pooling effect upstream and control, concentrate, and direct
the flow through the structures at a sufficient velocity and depth to produce a reasonable
recreational experience associated with the beneficial uses described below.
3. Legal Description of the Structures. The Course will be approximately 600 feet long,
located within the channel of the Blue River in the town limits of the Town of Silverthorne
between the Interstate-70 overpass and the Colorado Highway 9 bridge as depicted on the map
attached hereto as Exhibit A-2, in South'/2 of Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 78 West of
the 6`h P.M., Summit County, Colorado. The approximate locations of the center points of the
three structures within the Course are as follows:
Structure 1 located in the S/2 of Section 12, TSS, R78 W,
6th P.M.at a point 1050 feet from the south
section line and 2380 feet from the east section
line of said Section 12
Structure 2 located in the S/2 of Section 12, TSS, R78 W,
6t" P.M.at a point 1250 feet from the south
section line and 2520 feet from the east section
line of said Section 12
Structure 3 located in the S/2 of Section 12, TSS, R78 W,
6th P.M.at a point 1470 feet from the south
section line and 2590 feet from the east section
line of said Section 12
Although the precise location of the structures may, upon construction, be somewhat different
from the locations described above, the structures will generally be distributed evenly through
the stream reach described above. Provided that the locations of all the structures remain within
the stream reach described above, any variation in structure location from the locations described
herein will be simply described in the decree entered herein or, if such decree is entered before
construction of any or all of the structures, in subsequent applications for diligence or
applications to make absolute the water rights claimed herein
4. Source: Blue River, Salt Lick Gulch and Straight Creek, tributaries of the Blue River, a
tributary of the Colorado River.
5. A. Date of appropriation: December 31, 2004
B. How appropriation was initiated: Formation of intent and filing of the application.
C. Date water applied to beneficial use: Not applicable
6. Amount claimed:
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