ISFAPP00811

• Case Number: 98CW0220
• Stream Name: West Fork Powderhorn Creek
• Watershed: Cebolla Creek
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 62
• County: Gunnison
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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CENTRAL FILES

Case No. 98CW220

FINDINGS AND RULING OF REFEREE AND DECREE OF THE WATER COURT

IN THE MATIER OF THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE OF COLORADO,

IN WEST FORK POWDERHORN CREEK, A NATIJRAL STREAM,

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IN THE WATERSHED OF THE CEBOLLA CREEK,

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. IN lllNSDALE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO.

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This Application was filed on December 31, 1998, and was referred to the vi ater
Referee for Water Division No.4, in accordance with CRS. 9937-92-101, et seq. All
notices required by law of the filing of this Application have been fulfilled and the Referee
has jurisdiction of this Application. No Statements of Opposition were filed in this matter.
On September 2, 1999 the Division Engineer submitted a Summary of Consultation and the
Referee has given it due consideration.

The Referee having made such investigations as are necessary to determine whether
the statements in the Application are true and being fully advised with respect to the subject
matter of the Application;

THE WATER REFEREE FINDS AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name and address of the Applicant is:

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Sherman Street, Suite 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]

2. The name of the natural stream is:

West Fork Powderhom Creek (instream flow).

3. The source of the water is:

West Fork Powderhom Creek, tributary to Powderhom Creek,
tributary to Cebolla Creek.

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