NLLAPP00078

• Case Number: W-3308-77
• Lake Name: SILVER BASIN LAKE
• Watershed: Uncompahgre River
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 68
• County: Ouray
• NLL App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

5. Tt18t the UnitelJ States of America filed a state-

JIlent of opposition or! Febru3ry 26, 1978.

~. That a stipulation has been reached between the

united States and the appl icant herein and such stipulation

i~ loade part of and incorpor~ted into any order entered in

this case.

IT IS. THEREFORE. ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

That appl i cant

be, and is hereby, awarded an absolute surface water right

to wit:

NAME AND ADDRESS:

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The Colorado ~Dtcr Conservation Soard
1313 Sherman Street, Room 823
Denver, Colorado 80203

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Sil~er Basin Lake, a natural lake.

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Legal clescription of location of outlet of natural
lake: The lake is located at 37 deg 57'4811 north lati-
tude and 107 de~ 45'0011 west longitude in Ouray County,
Colorado. The lake is located in thE~ natural drainage
of Sneffels Creek, anJ may be located on the Ironton
and Telluride U.S.G.S. Qu~drangle.

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(Means of Diversion):

Not appl i cabl e

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Silver r3a5in L:J!<0 in its nat.urnl condition.

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~0rc~ 9, 1?77 provided, howcvGr, that this riqht sh~l 1
tJe junior to all priorities awarded in caS0S fileo
prior to 1977, and otherwise junior as provide~ in
C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-306.

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Vulume i~ acre feet an~ elevation of the Ininimum l~ke
5urfaC8 10vel:<'-';'Y- Tr~ lok';; in its natural condition
contain~ 3pproxim0tQly 30 acre feet and the p10~ation

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