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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CHAPT~R IV: WATER <br /> <br />Clark Lake is filled by diversions of water from the <br />North Fork of the Cache La poudre River, from Coal Creek, <br />and also from Box Elder Creek. <br />A. Water Riqhts. Clark Lake has a filling decree of 2295 <br />acre-feet for Reservoir No. 12 at a Gage Height of <br />twenty feet (20') and 1800 acre-feet for Reservoir No. <br />13 at a Gage Heignt of twenty-five feet (25'). <br />Reservoir No. 12 has a priority date of October 1, 1901 <br />with a Priority No. 45. Reservoir No. 13 has a <br />priority date of October 1, 1901 with a Priority <br />No. 46. Refer to Appendix F for reservoir location. <br />The North Poudre Irrigation Company also has a <br />refill decree for botb reservoirs for a total capacity <br />of 4095 acre-feet as of December 31, 1921 with Refill <br />Priority Nos. 136M and 136N. Copies of the decrees, as <br />supplied by The Nortb Poudre Irrigation Company, are, <br />included in Appendix E. <br />The safe yield of the water right at the present <br />time is believed to be the total right decreed for <br />Reservoir Nos. 12 and 13. The water right has not been <br />abandoned or taken by adverse possession. The total <br />storage decree has not been utilized for many years; <br />however, the maximum storage possible has been stored. <br />For the water right to have been abandoned, two things <br />must occur: (1) the failure to use the water right and <br />IV-l <br />