ISFAPP01017

• Case Number: 77W4674
• Stream Name: Pine Creek
• Watershed: Arkansas River
• Water Division: 2
• Water District: 11
• County: Chaffee
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

5. That the Application herein concerns a claim made
pursuant to the provisions of C.R,S. 1973, 37-92-102(3) a!!;4
C.R.S. ,1973, 37-92-103(3), (4) and (10) known as SenateFll
97, and that the purpose of the appropriation claimed herein
by the State of Colorado is to insure the preservation of a
minimum stream level to protect the natural environment t.o "a
reasonable degree.

6. That Applicant has furnished acceptable proof as
to claims made.

IT IS, THEREFORE" ORDERED AS,FOLLOWS: That Appli-'

cant be, and is hereby, awarded an absolute surface water

right, to-wit:

NAME A:m ADDRESS: Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, 8th Floor
Denver, Colorado 80203

WATER RIGHT

'iA)lE OF NATURAL STREM'I: Pine Creek.

LOCATIO\! OF STREAM: Legal description of beginning and end
pOInts ot mInImum stream flow claimed: The natural stream
channel from confluence with South Pine Creek at lat 38 deg
57'37"N; long 106 deg 17'52" Was the upstream terminus and
confluence wit!l Arkansas River at lat 39 deg 00'211' N; long
106 deg 22'07" W as the downstream terminus, being a distance
of approximately 6 miles. This segment can be located on the,
Mt Harvard U.S,G.S. quadrangle.

PRIORITY DATE:
nght snaIrne
prior to 1977,
37-92-306.

January 19, 1977, provided, however, that this
junior to all priorities a''larded in cases' filed
and otherwise junior as provided in C.R.S. 1973,

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ANOlJ:lT OF WATER: 15.0 c.f.s.

USE OF \VATER: To maintain such mlnlmum flows as are required' ";:':;~,~%"ji
to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That Applicant shall install

and maintain such water measurement devices, recording devic~s.,:

content gauges and inlet and outlet measurement and recording

devices, as the case may be, as are deemed essential by the
Oftice of ' the State Engineer, and the sa.e Ihlll b~ instilled
. and operated in accordance with instructions from said Office.

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