ISFAPP01246

• Case Number: 77W4632
• Stream Name: North Fork Purgatoire River
• Watershed: Purgatoire River ‎(aka Canadian)‎
• Water Division: 2
• Water District: 19
• County: Las Animas
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

.5. That on December 20, 1979, Objector, the Southeastern

Colorado Water Conservancy District, filed a Withdrawal of.

Objection.

6. That on January 7, 1980, the Water Judge remanded the

case to the undersigned Water Referee for investigation and

. ruling. thereon.
7.. That the Application herein concerns a claim made
pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-102(3) and
C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-103(3), (4) and (10) known as Senate Bill
97, and that the purpose of the appropriation claimed herein
by the State of Colorado is to insure the preservation ofa.

minimum stream level to protect the n~tural environment to a
reasonable degree.
8. 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, tocwit:

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

WATER RIGHT

NAME OF NATURAL STREAM, OR LAKE: North Fork Purgatoire River. v

LOCATION OF STREAM, OR LAKE: Legal Description of beginning
and end pOInts ot mInImum stream flow claimed; The natural
stream channel from headwaters ~ich are located in >he
Vicinity of lat 37 deg 17'07" N: long 105 deg 09'25" Was
the upstream terminus, and the downstream terminus shall be
the headgate of the City of Trinidad North Lake Inlet point
.of diversion located in the SEl/4 of the.SEl/4 of Section 24,
TOI<llship 32 South, .Range 69 West of the 6th P.M. in Las Animas
.County, Colorado, as stipulated by the Applicant and the said.
.City of Trinidad.

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PRIORITY DATE: January 19, 1977, provided, howev~r, that this.
nght shall be junior to all priori ties awarded In cases filed
prior to 1977, and otherwise junior as provided in C.R.S..1973,
37-92-306.

AMOUNT OF WATER:

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5.0 c.:E.s.

USE OF WATER: To maintain such mInImum flows. as are required to
preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree.

Page 2, Ruling of Referee W-4632

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