ISFAPP01224

• Case Number: 05CW0149
• Stream Name: Cottonwood Creek
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 60
• County: Montrose
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

2.

The name of stream involved:
Cottonwood Creek (instream flow)

3.

The source of the water is: Cottonwood Creek

4.
claimed:

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

a. The natural stream channel from the confluence of the Little
Cottonwood Creek at latitude 380 16' IS" N and longitude 1080 21'
OS" W as the upstream terminus and extending to the confluence of
San Miguel River at latitude 380 16' 06" N and longitude 108024' 04"
W as the downstream terminus, being a distance of approximately 3.2
miles. This segment can be located on the Big Bucktail Creek and Ute
U,S,G,S. quadrangles.
b. For administrative purposes only:
Upper Terminus = NW'/. NWV. SWv.. S6 RI3W T46N NM PM
105 feet East of West Section Line and 1675 feet South of North
Section Line
OTM 4241198 N 0206776 E, Zone 13
Lower Terminus = NW'/, NEv.. SWV. S3 RI4W T46N NM PM
1757 feet East of West Section Line and 2342 feet North of South
Section Line
UTM 4241052 N 202441 E, Zone 13S

5, Use of the water;
Instream now to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree.

6. Date of initiation of appropriation:
January 25, 2005.

7. The water was first applied to the above beneficial use on January 25, 2005,
by the action of the Colorado Water Conservation Board under the provisions of eR.S.
~ ~ 37-92-102(3) and 37-92-103(3), (4) and (10).

8.
June 15).

Amount of water claimed (ABSOLUTE); Instream flow 01'3,0 cfs (Apr. 1-

THE WATER REFEREE RULES:

The application is granted and a decree (ABSOLUTE) in the amount 01'3.0 cfs
(Apr. I - June 15) is hereby entered to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable
degree through the stream segment described in paragraph 4 above, The appropriation
date for this water right is January 25, 2005.