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Table 8 - Lake Canal Storage Rights <br />PriorityAdjudicationAppropriationDecreed Volume <br />No.DateDate(acre-feet) <br />2 December 9, 1904April 1, 1882135 <br />50December 9, 1904November 1, 1902140 <br />North Gray <br />77April 22, 1922November 15, 190457 <br />3 December 9, 1904April 1, 1882275 <br />South Gray51December 9, 1904November 1, 1902236 <br />78April 22, 1922November 10, 1904222 <br />Gray No.376April 22, 1922November 14, 1904111 <br />Lake Canal <br />41December 9, 1904October 15, 1898803 <br />Reservoir No.1 <br />Historical Service Area <br />From the headgate, the ditch services lands on the north side of the Cache la Poudre <br />River, northeast of the City of Fort Collins, in and around the Timnath area, and areas <br />north of the Greeley No. 2 Canal near the Town of Windsor. The Lake Canal system <br />currently services approximately 5,200 acres of farm and pasture land. <br />Water Availability <br />Based upon our conversations with officials at the Lake Canal, water is typically <br />10 <br />available from May 15 to July 1 from the Lake Canal Ditch.Diversion records from the <br />State show small diversion amounts in July through October. The right is priority No. 54 <br />on the river. Typically, there needs to be 1,000 cfs of river flow in the Cache la Poudre <br />River for the Lake Canal Ditch to divert. <br />Recently, the Lake Canal Reservoir has not yielded much due to the conditions of the <br />storage structures and low flows in Box Elder Creek. Rehab on Lake Canal Reservoir <br />No.1 should help with yields. Once Lake Canal Reservoir No.1 is completed, it should <br />function as the hub of the Lake Canal system. Lake Canal Reservoir shares are mostly <br />held by developers and municipalities because of its location. <br />Delivery and Consumptive Use <br />Monthly diversion records for Lake Canal Ditch from 1950 to 2005 average 33.0 acre- <br />feet per share. Assuming an average system ditch loss of 15 percent, the pro-rata farm <br />headgate delivery would historically have been around 28.0 acre-feet. Assuming a <br />historical irrigation efficiency of 50 percent, approximately 14.0 acre-feet of consumptive <br />use credit might be reasonable from these shares. According to our conversation with <br />Mr. Shawn Hoff, shares in the Lake Canal Reservoir yield around 10.0 acre-feet. <br />10 <br />Personal communication with Shawn Hoff <br /> <br />