ISFAPP01341

• Case Number: 98CW0225
• Stream Name: West Elk Creek
• Watershed: Soap Creek
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 59
• County: Gunnison
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 4, STATE OF C-DLORADO

Filed in the District Court
Water Division 4

APR - s 2000

Case No. 98CW225

Kay Phillips, Clerk of Court

FINDINGS AND RULING OF REFEREE AND DECREE OF THE WATER COURT

IN THE MA ITER OF THE APPLICA nON FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE
COLORADO WATER CONSERV AnON BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE OF COLORADO,

IN WEST ELK CREEK, A NATURAL STREAM,

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IN THE WATERSHED OF THE GUNNISON RIVER,

MAY 1 5 2000

IN GUNNISON, COLORADO.

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This Application was filed on December 31, 1998, and was referred to the Water
Referee for Water Division No.4, in accordance with C.R.S. !i!i 37-92-101, et seq. All
notices required by law of the filing of this Application have been fulfilled and the Referee
has jurisdiction of this Application. No Statements of Opposition were filed in this matter.
On September 2, 1999, the Division Engineer submitted a Summary of Consultation and the
Referee has given it due consideration.

The Referee having made such investigations as are necessary to determine whether
the statements in the Application are true and being fully advised with respect to the subject
matter of the Application;

THE WATER REFEREE FINDS AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name and address of the Applicant is:

Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]

2. The name of the natural stream is:

West Elk Creek (instream flow).

3. The source of the water is:

West Elk Creek, tributary to the Gunnison River.

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