6-06CW034 Final Decree/Stipulations

• Case Number: 06CW0034
• Stream Name: Elkhead Creek
• Watershed: Upper Yampa River
• Water Division: 6
• County: Routt
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

2. The name of stream involved:
Elkhead Creek (instream flow)
The source of the water is: Elkhead Creek of the Yampa River
4. Legal description of the stream segment through which an instream flow is
claimed:
a. The natural stream channel from its confluence with Torso Creek at
latitude 40° 46' 23" N and longitude 107° 07' 50" W as the upstream
terminus and extending to the inlet of the proposed California Park
Reservoir at latitude 40° 45' 4" N and longitude 107° 07' 60" W as the
downstream terminus, being a distance of approximately 2.2 miles.
This segment can be located on the Bears Ears Peaks and Quaker
Mountain U.S.G.S. quadrangles.
b. For administrative purposes only:
Upper Terminus =
UTM 4515748.458N 320197.162E
NW '/ NE %, S3, T9N, R87W, 6th PM
1477 feet W of the E section line, 1074 feet S of the N section line
Lower Terminus =
UTM 4513311.024N 319905.456E
NW t / SE % , S 10, T9N, R87W, 6' PM
2219 feet W of the E section line, 1421 feet N of the S section line
Use of the water:
Instream flow to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree.
Date of initiation of appropriation:
January 25, 2006.
The water was first applied to the above beneficial use on January 25, 2006,
by the action of the Colorado Water Conservation Board under the
provisions of C.R.S. § § 37 -92- 102(3) and 37- 92- 103(3), (4) and (10).
Amount of water claimed (ABSOLUTE): Instream flow of 3.9 cfs (April 1
— July 31) and 1. 75 cfs (August 1 — March 31).
THE WATER REFEREE RULES:
The application is granted and a decree (ABSOLUTE) in the amount of Instream
flow 3.9 cfs (April 1 — July 31) and 1.75 cfs (August 1 — March 31) is hereby entered to
preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree in the reach of Elkhead Creek