WSP03394

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1964
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1964
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT

TRANSMOUNTAIN DIVERSIONS

Fuchs ditch.--Water-stage recorder and 3-ft Parshall flume in sec.33, TAO N.. R.4 W.. at Weminuche Pass in
Colorado. Diversions is from North Fork Los Pinos River in San Juan River Basin into Weminuche Creek in
Rio Grande Basin. Second enlargement was completed in 1936. Diversion for irrigation is from Rio Grande
above the Del Norte gaging station.

Raber-Lohr ditch. --Water-stage recorder and 4-ft rectangular flume in sec.33, T.40 N., R.4 W., at Weminuche
Pass in Colorado. Diversion is from Rincon la Vaca Creek in San Juan River Basin into Weminuche Creek in
Rio Grande Basin. Second enlargement was completed in 1936. Diversion for irrigation is from Rio Grande
above the Del Norte gaging station.

Squaw Pass ditch.--Water-stage recorder and 2-ft ParshaUflumein sec.21, T.39 N" R.3 W., at Squaw Pass in
Colorado. Diversion is from Williams Creek in San Juan River Basin into Squaw Creek in Rio Grande Basin.
Constructed in 1938. Diversion for irrigation is from Rio Grande below Del Norte gaging station.

Tabor ditch.--Water-stage recorder and 3- ft Parshall flume in sec.35, T.43 N., R.3 W., at Spring Creek Pass in
Colorado. Diversion is from Cebolla Creek in Gunnison River Basin into tributary of Clear Creek in Rio
Grande Basin. Completed in 1910 or 1911. Diver-sian for irrigation is from Rio Grande below Del Norte gaging
station.

Piedra Pass ditch.--Water-stage recorder and 2-ft Parshall flume in sec.4J T.38 N., R.l W., at Piedra Pass in
Colorado. Diversion is from tributaries of Piedra River in San Juan River Basin to South River in Rio Grande
Basin. Original ditch completed in 1938, first enlargement completed in 1940. Water is imported by Colorado
Game and Fish Department, beginning in 1959, to offset losses from fish culture reservoirs.

Treasure Pass ditch.--Water-stage recorder and 2-ft Parshall flume in sec.31, T.38 N., R.2 E., at Wolf Creek Pass
in Colorado. Diversion is from Wolf Creek in San Juan River Basin to a tributary of South Fork Rio Grande.
Completed in 1923 or 1924. Water is diverted for irrigation from Rio Grande above the Del Norte gaging station,
beginning in 1959. Prior to 1959 it was diverted below gaging slation.

Imnorted nuantities in acre-feet 1964
Month Fuchs Raber- Lohr Squaw Pass Tabor Piedra Pass Treasure Pass
ditch ditch ditch ditch flitch ditch
January. . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
February .... 0 0 0 0 0 0
March ....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
April ........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
May........ . 54 168 0 166 0 37
June........ . 191 607 67 218 362 92
July........ . 0 0 109 75 146 0
Augu-st . _ . . . . . 0 0 25 0 46 0
September. . . . 0 0 0 o. .0 0
October..... . 0 0 0 0 0 0
November. . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
December. , . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
Calendar year 246 775 201 459 554 129