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<br />THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR
<br />WATER DIVISION NO. 4
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<br />Filed In Th" District Court
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<br />APR 171981
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />Case No. 80CW390
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<br />Ka1' Phillips, C:erl(
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<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
<br />FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE COLORADO j
<br />WATER CONSERVATION BOARD ON ) RULING OF WATER REFEREE
<br />BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE )
<br />OF COLORADO, IN THE GUNNISON RIVER:)
<br />IN HINSDALE COUNTY )
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<br />The, applicant, The Colorado Water Conservation Board, c/o
<br />Connie L. Peterson> Assistant Attorney General, 1525 Sherman
<br />Street, Denver, CO 80203, requests a water right to protect
<br />the natural environment. Filed: November 13, 1980.
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<br />No opposition has been filed.
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<br />FINDING OF FACT
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<br />The TUMBLE CREEK is a natural stream, tributary to the
<br />Gunnison River in Hinsdale County and in old Water District
<br />No. 62.
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<br />Legal Description of beginning and end points of minimum
<br />stream flow claimed: The natural stream channel from headwaters
<br />in vicinity of lat 37058'16" north long 107006'21,,'west as the
<br />upstream terminus and confl Cebolla Creek lat 37058'52" north long
<br />107010'07" west as the downstream terminus, being a distance of
<br />approximately 3.6 miles. This segment can be located on the
<br />Bristol Head 15' U.S.G.S. quadrangle.
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<br />Date of initiation of appropriation: September 9.1980,
<br />by final approval of the Colorado Water Conservation Board at
<br />its general meeting.
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<br />Amount of water claimed: (S - May 1 through September 30;
<br />W _ October 1 through April 30)
<br />A. (Stream only) Flow in C.F.S.: 2.5 cfs..
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<br />This appropriation 1s made pursuantt6 the provisions of
<br />C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-102(3) and 37-92-103(3)(4) and (10) known
<br />as Senate bill 97. The purpose of this appropriation by the
<br />state of Colorado 1s to -insure the' preservation of a minimum
<br />.stream level to protect the natural environment to a reasonable
<br />degree.
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<br />R U L I N G
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<br />IT.IS THE RULING OF THE REFEREE that no adverse effect can
<br />be determined and that TUMBLE CREEK, as above described, is
<br />APPROVED AND GRANTED AN ABSOLUTE IN PLACE DECREE in the amount
<br />of 2.5 c.f.s. of water when and if it is available in the natural
<br />flow, ~or the purposes of protecting the natural environment
<br />thereof. As of the date of appropriation, September 9, 1980.
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<br />DATED
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<br />E. L. WILSON
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