ISFAPP01366

• Case Number: 94CW0048
• Stream Name: Bennett Creek
• Watershed: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Water District: 20
• County: Rio Grande
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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No. 94CW048
Colorado Water Cons. Board

3. The source of the water is:

Bennett Creek, tributary to pinos Creek, a tributary to
the Rio Grande.

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

The natural stream channel from the headwaters
in the vicinity of latitude 37028'24"N and longitude
106027'15"W as the upstream terminus and extending to
the confluence of Pinos Creek the SW/4 SE/4, Sec. 29,
T39N, R5E, N.M.P.M., as the downstream terminus, being
a distance of approximately 8.9 miles. This segment
can be located on the Jasper and Horseshoe Mountain
U. S.. G. S. quadrangles.

For the stream segments in an unsurveyed area, the
Division Engineer has determined for administrative
purposes that the approximate 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 termi-
nus in the NW/4 NW/4, Sec. 9, T37N, R5E, 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 provisions of C.R.S. (1990) !Hl 37-92-102 (3),
37-92-103 (3), (4), and (10).

8. Amount of water claimed (ABSOLUTE):
3.0 c.f.s. (April 1 - October 15); 1.25 c.f.s.
March 31).

Instream flow of
(October 16 -

THE WATER REFEREE RULES:

The application is granted and a decree (ABSOLUTE) in the
amount of 3.0 c.f.s. (April 1 - October 15); 1.25 c.f.s. (October
16 - March 31) is hereby entered to preserve the natural environ-
ment to a reasonable degree through the upstream and downstream

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