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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 />pipeline and two on the Gardner pipeline and springs). <br />They also own shares in the Farmers' Water Development. <br />All diversions are made from or adjacent to the Gurley <br />Ditch. <br /> <br />A description o~ the physical layout <br />diversions is g1ven in Chapter III. <br />points are shown on Figure III-A and <br /> <br />of the various <br />The diversion <br />III-B. <br /> <br />The value of the various water rights is dependent upon <br />its priority ranking relative to water rights in the <br />Gurley drainage, Maverick Draw, and the San Miguel <br />basin. Availability of water will also determine <br />whether it is a direct flow right or a storage right. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Drainageway Names. <br /> <br />Because of transfers of flow from one basin to another, <br />and due to changes in topographic maps over the years, <br />the early water decrees used different names to refer to <br />the drainageway which is now referred to as Gurley <br />Canyon and Gurley Ditch. To avoid confusion, a brief <br />discussion of names is necessary. The upper drainageway <br />now used to carry water from Gurley Reservoir to <br />downstream irrigators (the upper Gurley Ditch) is a <br />deep, narrow canyon known as Gurley Canyon. Prior to <br />development of irrigation in the Norwood area, the <br />stream in this canyon was actually the upper end of <br />Maverick Draw, which is a major stream which drains the <br />area to the east and south of Norwood. When the Gurley <br />irrigation system was built, the flow out of Gurley <br />canyon was diverted away from the lower Maverick Draw <br />drainage at a point a couple miles below Gurley Canyon. <br />The lower artificial ditch and the upper natural <br />drainage (below the dam) comprise what is referred to as <br />the "lower Gurley Ditch". <br /> <br />The court order and decree providing the Town of Norwood <br />with rights to divert on the Gurley Ditch utilized the <br />following names for that drainageway: <br /> <br />.Maverick Gulch <br />.No-Name Gulch <br />.No-Name Creek <br />.The head of Maverick Draw <br />.The head of Maverick Draw Gulch <br /> <br />It is possible to verify that. these refer to the same <br />ditch since the court order also provides a legal <br />description of the area referred to. Hereinafter, <br />reference made to any of the above names may be <br />understood to be the waterway in Gurley Canyon. <br /> <br />IV-20 <br />