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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Precipitation Data <br />Staff reviewed local precipitation data sets from 2 different sites located around the Big Blue <br />Creek Drainage (see Precipitation Data in Appendix C). These sites include Lake City (1905- <br />1999) and Blue Mesa Lake (1967-1999), Table 3 shows the water year and the percent of <br />average precipitation recorded at each site. <br /> <br />Table 3: Precipitation Data as a percentage of Average, <br /> <br />W ate r <br /> <br />B I u e <br />M <br /> <br />L a k e <br /> <br />y e a r C i t y e 5 a <br />1 9 5 4 8 4 % <br />1 9 5 5 7 0 % <br />1 9 5 6 7 6 % <br />1 9 5 7 1 5 5 % <br />1 9 5 8 8 1 % <br />1 9 5 9 1 0 4 % <br />1 9 6 0 9 0 % <br />1 9 6 1 9 4 % <br />1 9 6 2 8 3 % <br />1 9 6 3 1 0 0 % <br />1 9 6 4 1 3 5 % <br />1 9 6 5 1 2 8 % <br />1 9 6 6 8 4 % <br />1 9 6 7 8 9 % <br />1 9 6 8 6 7 % 9 1 % <br />1 9 6 9 1 2 7 % 1 9 7 % <br />1 9 7 0 1 0 1 % 1 2 0 % <br />1 9 7 1 7 7 % 9 8 % <br />1 9 7 2 8 1 % 8 9 % <br />1 9 7 3 8 0 % 9 2 % <br />1 9 7 4 7 9 % 9 3 % <br />1 9 7 5 9 2 % 9 3 % <br />1 9 7 6 6 2 % 9 2 % <br />1 9 7 7 1 0 3 % <br />1 9 7 8 9 3 % <br />1 9 7 9 7 4 % 6 7 % <br />1 9 8 0 9 7 % 6 8 % <br />1 9 8 1 1 2 4 % 1 0 8 % <br />1 9 8 2 9 5 % <br />1 9 8 3 1 1 5 % 1 2 2 % <br />1 9 8 4 1 3 7 % 1 2 4 % <br />1 9 8 5 1 1 6 % 1 0 6 % <br />1 9 8 6 1 0 9 % 1 3 5 % <br />1 9 8 7 8 9 % 1 0 1 % <br />1 9 8 8 8 6 % 1 1 5 % <br />1 9 8 9 6 7 % 5 6 % <br />1 9 9 0 1 2 4 % 9 2 % <br />1 9 9 1 8 3 % 8 4 % <br />1 9 9 2 9 3 % 9 0 % <br />1 9 9 3 8 7 % 1 0 3 % <br />1 9 9 4 1 0 4 % 6 2 % <br />1 9 9 5 1 2 1 % 1 3 6 % <br />1 9 9 6 1 1 9 % 9 2 % <br />1 9 9 7 1 1 2 % 1 0 3 % <br />1 9 9 8 1 0 3 % 8 0 % <br />1 9 9 9 1 2 0 % <br /> <br />Table 3 shows a slight variation of precipitation between the two relatively close precipitation <br />sites, It is staff's opinion that the 45 years of stream-flow data analyzed is representative of <br />average water-years. <br /> <br />Existing Water Right Information <br /> <br />Staff has analyzed the water rights tabulation and consulted with the Division Engineer Office to <br />identify any potential water availability problems. There are decreed surface diversions within <br />this reach of stream, However, the Big Blue Ditch Diversion is senior to all other diversions and <br />is decreed for 21.9 cfs. Based on this analysis staff has determined that water is available for <br />appropriation on Big Blue Creek, between Failes Creek and the Big Blue Creek Ditch Diversion, <br /> <br />- 6 - <br />