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<br />OUllG45 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BLM Springs - Six springs, 0.125 cfs total flow; livestock and wildlife use. <br />Water Rights Located DaomstreaJIJ of J/SA <br /> <br />(to confluence with Green River) <br /> <br />Spitzie Ditch - TllN R103W, Sec. 35, NW SW; 0.25 cfs; 1936 adjudication; <br />irrigation use. <br /> <br />State of Colorado InstreaJIJ Flow Rights Wit;JJin WSA <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Land Status Wit;JJin and UpstreaJIJ of WSA <br /> <br />Privately-owned parcels are located in the headwaters of Spitzie Draw. There are <br />no private lands located within the WSA. <br /> <br />. Beaver Creek <br /> <br />Hydrologic Characteristics <br /> <br />Beaver Creek is a perennial stream fed by an extensive area of springs, seeps, <br />and wetlands upstream from the WSA. Peak flows from snowmelt occur during April <br />and May. The Division of Water Resources reports that this stream typically <br />flows at 3 to 5 cfs during the irrigation season after peak flows in April and <br />May. The stream is not gauged or measured regularly, so BLM staff have <br />constructed a synthetic hydrograph of the creek using the methodology outlined <br />in an appendix to this report. (See attached figure.) The synthetic hydrograph <br />demonstrates water made available in the stream from rain and snow runoff, and <br />does not incorporate the atypical groundwater flows described above. <br /> <br />Water Rights Located UDstreaJIJ of WSA <br /> <br />Allen Ditch No. <br />irrigation use. <br />WSA boundary. <br /> <br />Water rights are held by private landowners on 48 springs, with 1.4424 cfs total <br />flows. Private landowners also hold water rights on 13 reservoirs, with a total <br />storage capacity of 14.6 acre feet. The primary uses of the springs and <br />reservoirs are livestock watering. <br /> <br />1 - T12N R103W, Sec. 29, SE SE; 2.0 cfs; 1982 adjudication; <br />This water is located approximately five miles upstream from the <br /> <br />The BLM holds water rights on 29 springs, with 0.275 cfs total flows. The BLM <br />also holds a water right on one reservoir, with 1.0 acre feet storage capacity. <br /> <br />Water Rights Located Within WSA <br /> <br />United States, 0.02 cfs, 1933 priority. The United States holds an appropriative <br />streamflow right through the entire WSA for livestock watering, wildlife <br />watering, recreation, and fire suppression purposes. The Colorado Supreme Court <br />decreed these rights to the United States in 1978 as part of a comprehensive <br />adjudication of the United States' reserved and appropriative water rights. <br /> <br />BLM Springs - Ten springs, 0.110 cfs total flow, livestock and wildlife uses. <br /> <br />Water Rights Located DaomstrelUll of WSA <br /> <br />(to confluence with Green River) <br /> <br />A total of 58.84 cfs of water rights is diverted through 12 ditches, serving <br />irrigation and fisheries uses. Most of these rights are held by the U.S. Fish <br />and Wildlife Service to provide water for Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge. <br /> <br />41 <br />