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20 • 3. That .said reservoir derives its supply of water for storage from Vallecito Creek, a tributary or the Pine River, and from the Pine River a tributary of the San Juan River and from streams and springs within the area of the reservoir basin. 4, That the dam of said reservoir consists of an earth . filled structure located in Sections 13 and 19, Township 36'North, Range 6 N.M.P:M.,• and said. reservoir is located in Townships 36 � �``� '+ ✓ � and 37 North, nge 67 .?t P.M., La_ Plata County, Colorado. 5. That Claimant District is owned by members and water users lying under said reservoir and water has bee - _. .m said reservoir through a system of canals and ditches by the • users thereof during the irrigation season for irrigation purposes during the exist-ince of Claimant District for the benefit of said \-V users, domestic, stock water and other beneficial purposes in 'the amount and to the extent of 34,376.108 acres of land situate in • La Plata County and 4,4P9.90 acres situate. in Archuleta County, Colorado, a total of 3Q,R66.00R acres or land in said District,and for the purpose of supplyinc Ovater * *h 1*+habitants o!'_the_Towns _of Bayfield and Ignacio, Colorado. 6, That said diversions for use have been continuous since 1942 by Claimant from and after its organization since the con- struction of said reservoir and appropriation of water therefrom. 7. That there has been presented by Claimant, under its claim, a petition for an Interlocutory Decree determining the relative rights of Claimant to five-sixths (5/6) of the water stored in said reservoir for the benefit of the members and users thereof entitled theioto and application for irrigation, domestic, } stock water and other'beneficial purposes, and supplying water - - for incidentRl use to the Towns of Bayfield and ignacio, Colorado. "1 Pservoir • 8. That the date of preliminary survey of said r ._ ,39 site was commenced in July, •1925, the exact date being indefinite,