NLLAPP00436

• Case Number: W-1043-76
• Lake Name: SANCHEZ LAKE, UPPER
• Watershed: Elk River
• Water Division: 6
• Water District: 58
• County: Routt
• NLL App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

IN THE DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR WATER DIVISION NO.6

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Case No. ~I043-76

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IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS
OF THE COLORADO WATER
CONSERVATION BOARD. ON BEHALF
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO

RULING OF THE REFFREE

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IN UPPER SANCHEZ
A NATURAL LAKE

IN THE NATURAL DRAINAGE OF:
TRAIL CREEK

IN ROUTT COUf<TY

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Th~ undersigned water referee, having investigated
the matter of the application on file herein" hereby rrakes
the following rul ing thereon:

That the appl icant has provided ~c(.ep't;)ble pr"oof to
the court. Th.at the ~ppl i cant be, and is heceby, awarded
an absolute surfQce water right, to wit:

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The Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, Room 823
Denver. Colorado 80203

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Upper Sanchelt 8 natural lake

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The lake is loc.ated in Routt County in 525, T. llN,
R8411 of tfle 6tfl P.M. (legal descr;pbon).

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MaFc.h 17, 1976, provided., however.. that this right
shall be junior to all prio,.-ities awarded in cases filed
prior to 1976, and otherwise junior as provided in C.R.S.
1973. 37~9Z-306.

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Volume in ~c~e feet and elevation of the minimum l~ke
surface level.: The lake in its. natural condition contains
~ppro~imately 17 aCre feet .and the elevation Qf the natural
wQter ,surf'ate is approxirtli:Jtely 1-0,640 fee i.:. , db. d'l2i"ived from
the" appl jc.aol.e U.S.G...S. quadrangle.

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