ISFAPP00909

• Case Number: 79CW0167
• Stream Name: Steelman Creek
• Watershed: Williams Fork River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 51
• County: Grand
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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IN WATER COURT
Division No. 5

MAY 281981
STATE OF COLORADO

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FOR WATER DIVISION NO. 5

STATE OF COLORADO

Application No. 79CW167

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 COLORADO RIVER
OR ITS TRIBUTARIES
TRIBUTARY INVOLVED: STEELMAN
IN GRAND COUNTY

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RULING OF REFEREE

The above entitled application was filed on July 23, 1979, 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

2nd day of August, 1979, 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:

1. The statements in the application are true.

2. The name of the stream involved is: Steelman Creek.

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

4. The source.of the water is Steelman Creek tributary to the
Williams Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River.

5. Description of beginning and end point of minimum stream
flow claimed: the natural stream channel from a point located at
Lat. 39046'43" N.; Long. 105055'23" W. as the upstream terminus, and
its confluence ''lith the Williams Fork River at Lat. 39046'45" N.;
Long. 105055'32" W. as the downstream terminus.

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

7. The date of initiation of appropriation is May 18, 1979.

8. The amount of water claimed is: 2.0 cubic feet of water

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