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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Skull Creek Wilderness Study Area <br /> <br />Acreage studied by BLK: 13,740 <br /> <br />Acreage RecOlllIll81Jded by BLll: 14,050 <br /> <br />Watersheds Wit;JJin WSA Boundaries <br /> <br />Red Wash -- WSA is located in headwaters. <br />Miller Creek -- WSA is located in headwaters. <br />Skull Creek -- WSA is located in headwaters. <br /> <br />SUIIIIIUJry of Water-Dependent wilderness Values <br /> <br />. Boxelder-cottonwood-willow riparian communities. <br />. wildlife watering and habitat for elk, deer, bear, mountain lion, golden <br />eagles, other raptors, rodents, amphibians, and insects. <br />. Hiking, backpacking, camping, hunting, and horseback riding opportunities. <br />. Channel maintenance for canyon/cliff system. <br /> <br />SUIIIIIUJry of Ifajor Water Uses <br /> <br />. Irrigation and domestic uses on private lands to the south of the WSA. <br />. Livestock watering within, upstream, and downstream of the WSA. <br /> <br />. Red Wash <br /> <br />Hydrologic Characteristics <br /> <br />Red Wash is an intermittent stream within the WSA, flowing at least 30 days per <br />year. BLM staff did not analyze hydrologic characteristics or patterns of water <br />use because there are no diversions which significantly affect streamflows within <br />the WSA. <br /> <br />Water Rights Located UostreaJIJ of WSA <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Water Rights Located Within WSA <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Water Rights Located DaomstrelUll of WSA <br /> <br />(to confluence with Box Elder Creek) <br /> <br />Toles Ditch - T4N R102W, Sec. 27, SW NW; 0.044 cfs; 1983 adjudication; livestock <br />use. <br /> <br />State of Colorado InstreaJIJ Flow Rights Wit;JJin t1SA <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Land Status Wit;JJin and UpstrelUll of t1SA <br /> <br />Privately owned parcels are located in the headwaters of Box Canyon and Little <br />Red Wash. There are no private parcels within the WSA. <br /> <br />23 <br />