ISFAPP00362

• Case Number: 80CW0377
• Stream Name: West Fork Fawn Creek
• Watershed: White River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 43
• County: Rio Blanco
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND
FOR WATER DIVISION NO. 5
STATE OF COLORADO

Application No. 80CW377

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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
IN THE WHITE RIVER
OR ITS TRIBUTARIES
TRIBUTARY INVOLVED: WEST FORK FAWN
CREEK
IN RIO BLANCO COUNTY

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RULING OF REFEREE

The above entitled application was filed on October 10, 1980,
and was referred to the undersigned as Water Referee for Water
Division No: 5, State of Colorado, by the Water Judge of said Court
on the 25th day of November, 1980, in accordance with Article 92 of
Chapter 37, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, known as the Water Right
Determination and Administration Act of 1969.

And the undersigned" Referee having made such investigations as

are necessary to determine whether or not the statements in the
application are true and having become fully advised with respect to

the subject matter of the application does hereby make the following

determination and ruling as the Referee in this matter, to-wit:

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1. The statements in the application are true.

2. The name of the structure involved is West Fork Fawn

Creek.

3. The name of the claimant and. address is The Colorado
Water Conservation Board; 823 State Centennial Building; 1313
Sherman Street; Denver, Colorado.

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tributary to
White River.

The source of the water is West Fork Fawn Creek,
Fawn Creek, tributary to the North Fork of the

5. Description of beginning and end points of minimum
stream flow claimed: the natural stream channel from its head-
waters in the vicinity of Lat. 40006'03" N.; Long. 107033'47" W.
as the upstream terminus, and its confluence with the East Fork
Fawn Creek in the NE-l/4 SW-l/4 of Section 7, T. 1 N., R. 90 W.'
of the 6th P.M. as the downstream terminus.

6. The use of the water is to appropriate such minimum
stream flows as are required to preserve the natural environm~t.
to a reasonable degree..

7. The date of initiation of appropriation is May 7,

1980.