ISFAPP00832

• Case Number: 94CW0056
• Stream Name: Soda Creek
• Watershed: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Water District: 20
• County: Mineral
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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No. 94CW056
Colorado Water Cons. Board

3. The source of the water is:

Soda Creek, tributary to Goose Creek, tributary to the
Rio Grande.

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

The natural stream cnannel from the head-
waters in the vicinity of latitude 37042'16"N and
longitude 106046'51"Vl as the upstream terminus and
extending to the contluence of Goose Creek in the SW/4
NE/4, Sec. 2, T40N, RIE, N.M.P.M. as the downstream
terminus, being a di~tance of approximately 4.5 miles.
This segment can be located on the Lake Humphreys
U.S.G.S. quadrangle.

For the stream segme~ts in an unsurveyed area, the
Division Engineer ha~ determined for administrative
purposes that the approximate legal descr~ption of the
instream flow termini as protracted from V.S.G.S.
and/or U.S.F.S mappiDg is as follows: up~tream termi-
nus in the SE/4 NW/4, Sec. 20, T40N, R2E, N.M.P.M.

5. Use of the water:

Instream flow to preserve the natural environment to a
reasonable degree.

6. Date of initiation of appropriation:

March 9, 1994.

7. The water was first applied to the above beneficial use
on March 9, 1994, by action of the Colorado Water Conservation
Board under the provisions of c.R.S. (1990) ~~ 37-92-102(3),
37-92-103 (3), (4), and (10).

8. Amount of water claimed (ABSOLUTE): Instream flow of
0.75 c.f.s (April 1 - October 15); 0.25 c.f.s (October 16 - March
31) .

THE WATER REFEREE RULES:

The application is granted and a decree (ABSOLUTE) in the
amount of 0.75 c.f.s. (April 1 - October 15); 0.25 c.f.s (October
16 - March 31) is entered to preserve the natural environment to
a reasonable degree through the upstream and downstream points as

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