ISFAPP01311

• Case Number: 94CW0044
• Stream Name: North Crestone Creek
• Watershed: Closed Basin
• Water Division: 3
• Water District: 25
• County: Saguache
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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No. 94CW044
Colorado Water Cons. Board

3. The source of the water is:

North Crestone Creek, tributary to the Closed Basin.

4. Legal description of the stream segment through which
,an instream flow is claimed.

The natural stream channel from the headwa-
ters in the vicinity of latitude 38004'25"N
and longitude 105038'32"W as the upstream
terminus and extending in the vicinity of
latitude 37059'25"N and longitude 105042'24"W
as the downstream terminus, being a distance
of approximately 7.4 miles. This segment can
be located on the Rito Alto Peak and Crestone
U.S.G.S. quadrangles,

For the stream segments in an unsurveyed
area, the Division Engineer has determined
for administrative purposes that the approxi-
mate legal description of the instream flow
termini as protracted from U.S.G.S. and/or
U.S.F.S, mapping is as follows: upstream
terminus in the NW/4 SE/4, Sec. 10, T44N,
R12E, N.M.P.M.; downstream terminus in the
SW/4 SE/4, See, 12, T43N, R11E, N,M.P.M,

5. Use of the water:

Instream ,flow to preserve the natural environment to a
reasonable degree.

6. Date of initiation of appropriation:

March 9, 1994.

7. The water was first applied to the above beneficial use
on March 9, 1994, by action of the Colorado Water Conservation
Board under the provision of C.R.S. (1990) ~~ 37-92-102(3),
37-92-103 (3), (4), and (10).

8. Amount of water claimed (ABSOLUTE): Instream flow of
6.5 c.f.s. (April 15 - August 31); 3.75 c.f.s. (September 1 -
November 30); 2.0 c. f. s, (December 1 - April 14) .

THE WATER REFEREE RULES:

The application is granted and a decree (ABSOLUTE) in the
amount of 6.5 c. f. s, (April 15 - August 31); 3,75 c. f. s. (Septem-

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