ISFAPP00396

• Case Number: 98CW0237
• Stream Name: Beaver Creek
• Watershed: Gunnison River
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 59
• County: Gunnison
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

No 98CW237
Colorado Water Cons, Board

4. Legal description of the stream segment through which an instream
flow is claimed.

a. The natural stream channel from confluence West Beaver Creek at
latitude 380 37' 28" N and longitude 107005' 02" W as the upstream
terminus and extending to confluence Gunnison River at latitude 380 29' 40"
N and longitude 1070 0 I ' 51" W as the downstream terminus, being a
distance of approximately 9.9 miles. This segment can be located on the
McIntosh Mountain and Big Mesa U.S,G.S, quadrangles and is depicted on
Exhibit A.

b, Administration: For the stream segments in an unsurveyed area,
the Division Engineer has determined for administrative purposes that the
approximate legal description of the instream flow termini as protracted
from U,S,G.S. and/or U.S.F.S. mapping is as follows: downstream
terminus in the SW y.. NE y.. Sec. 24,T49N, R2W, NMPM.

5, Use of the water:
Instream flow to preserVe the natural environment to a reasonable
degree.

6. Date of initiation of appropriation:
January 29, 1998.

7. The water was first applied to the above beneficial use on January 29,
1998, by action of the Colorado Water Conservation Board under the provision of
C,R.S. ~~ 37-92-102(3), 37-92-103(3),(4),(10),

8, Amount of water claimed (ABSOLUTE): Instream flow of 7.25 c,f,s.
(May 1 - July 31); 2,50 c,f.s. (August 1 - November 14); 1.50 c.f.s, (November 15 -
March 31); 2.50 c,f.s, (April I - April 30).

THE WATER REFEREE RULES:

The application is granted and a decree (ABSOLUTE) in the amount of 7.25 c.f,s,
(May 1 . July 31); 2,50 c.f.s, (August I - November 14); 1.50 c,f.s, (November 15 - March 31);
2.50 c,f,s. (April I - April 30) is hereby entered to preserve the natural environment to a

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