ISFAPP01100

• Case Number: 80CW0087
• Stream Name: South Fork Rio Grande River
• Watershed: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Water District: 20
• County: Mineral
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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b. The name and address of the claimant is:

The Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman St.. 8th Floor
Denver, CO 80203

c. There is no point of diversion as such,
and none is claimed. The minimum stream flow right claimed
is in the watershed of the Rio Grande, from Its headwaters
in vicinity of lat. 37 deg. 31'03" N, long. lOb deg. 52'52"
W as the upstream and Big Meadow Reservoir at lat. 37 deg.
32'20- N. long. lOb deg. 48'12- W as the downstream terminus,
being a distance of approximately 5.1 miles. This segment
can be located on the Spar City 15' U.S.G.S. quadrangle.

d. There is no means of diversion, the claim
being to a minimum stream flow of 4 cubic feet/second of
water per second of time, in place in the stream bed.

e. The date of initiation of suCh appropria~
tion pursuant to the action of applicant under the provision
of C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-102(3). and 37-92-103(3), (4) and
(10) is July 8. 1980, on which date the water of said stream
was first applied to beneficial use to maintain the minimum
stream flow required to preserve the natural environment to
a reasonable degree.

f. That applicant is entitled to an absolute
in place minimum stream flow water right for such beneficial
use with a priority date of July 8, 1980.

THEREFORE. IT IS RULED AND ORDERED that the application
herein be and it is hereby granted, and that applicant is
awarded an absolute in place minimum stream flow water right
for 4 cubic feet/foot of water per second of time in South
Fork Rio Grande, with a priority date of July 8. 1980 for
the purpose of maintaining the minimum stream flow as required
to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree.
unconditionally, subject, however, to all priority rights
of senior appropriators of water in the affected watershed.

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