NLLAPP00324

• Case Number: W-1545-76
• Lake Name: DIVIDE LAKE POTHOLE
• Watershed: Los Pinos River
• Water Division: 7
• Water District: 31
• County: Hinsdale
• NLL App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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IN TIlE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR

WATER DIVISION NO. 7

STATE OF COLORADO

CASE NO. W- 1545-76

IN THE HATTER OF THE
APPLICATION FOR
IVATER RIGHTS OF. COLORADO
WATER CONSERVATION BOARD, ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF COLORADO IN THE PINE
RIVER WATERSHED IN.HINSDALE
COUNTY

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RULING OF REFEREE

1. Applicant: The Colorado Water Conservation Application Filed: D~c. 23, 1976
Board.
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203.
2. Name of ditch or other structure: DIVIDE LAKE

3. Point of diversion: 37036'001'. North Latitude & 107020'2311 West Longitude.
. Los: Pinos River 'Watershed.

4. ~leans of diversion:

gravity flow into the lake

S. Type of USe:. to insure preservation of such mlnlmum lake levels 8S are required
to prot~ct the natural environment to a reasonable degree.

6. Amount of water: 119 acre feet ABSOLUTE PROVIDED THAT THE AMOUNT OF ACTUAL
STORAGE IN THE LAKE IS LIMITED..TO THE CAPACITY OF THE NATURAL LAKE AT THE
ELEVATION REQUESTED (9,980 ft.) FURTHER, IT WAS AGREEO BETHEEN THE PARTIES
THAT THE APPLICANTS WILL NOT INTERFERE IN ANY MANNER InTI! THE NATURAL OULET
OF SAID LAKE AND APPROPRIATE.CONDITIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED TO MEET THIS
REQUIREMENT. ALSO SUBJECT TO ATTACHED STIPULATION & ORDER.

7. Priority of water right: ..'May 12, 1976

The pri.~rity here ~wa1.'ded shall be junior to all priorities alvarded in

previous years.

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As between all rights adjudicated this calendar year,. priorit~es

shall be determined by historical qates of appropriation and. not affected by the
date of entry of this ruling.

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It is the ruling of the Referee that the statements in the application

are true and tllat the above described water right is approved and granted tlte

indicated priority.

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Dated this /7 day of

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WillIam S. Eakes, Water Judge
acting as Water Referee

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