ISFAPP00250

• Case Number: 77W4654
• Stream Name: Lake Fork Creek
• Watershed: Lake Fork Arkansas River
• Water Division: 2
• Water District: 11
• County: Lake
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

~. That the Application herein concerns. a claim made

pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-102,(3) and
C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-103(3), (4) and (10) knOlin as Senate Bill
'97, and that the purpose of the appropriation claimed herein
by the State of Colorado is to insure the preservation of ,a

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minimum stream level to protect the natural environment t~ a
reasonable degree.
6. That Applicant has furnished acceptable proof as to,
'claims made.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: That Appli-

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

right, to-wit:

Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, 8th Floor
Denver, Colo'rado 80203

Nfu~E AND ADDRESS:

WATER RIGHT'
Nfu~E OF NATURAL STREN~. OR LAKE: Lake Fork. ~

LOCATION OF STREAM, OR LAKE: Legal description' of beginning
and end pOI.nts .of mInImum stream floly claimed: The natural
stream channel from Sugar Loaf Dam in see 19, T 9S, R 80W,
6th PM as the upstream terminus and confluence with ,Willow
Creek in see 6, T lOS, R BOW, 6th PM as the do"nstream terminus,
being a distance of approximately 4 miles. This segment can
be located on the Leadville North 7S'G~S. quadrangle,' /

PRIORITY DATE: January 19, 1977, provided, however, that
thIS rIght shall be junior. to all priorities awarded in cases
filed prior to 1977, and otherwise junior as provide<\ in
C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-306.

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AMOUNT OF WATER:

USE OF WATER: To maintain such mlnlmum flows as are required
to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree.'

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That Applicant shall install

and maintain such water measurement devi~es, recording devices,

content gauges and inlet and outlet measurement and recording
devices, as the case may be, as are deemed essential by the
Office of the State Engineer, and the same shall be installed

and operated in accordance with instructions from said Office.

Page 2, Ruling of Referee W-4654

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