WSP04315

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1959
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1959
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CW)uchs ditch.--Water-stage recorder and 3-ft Parshall flume in sec. 33, T. 40 N., R. 4 W.,
~~ at Weminuche Pass in Colorado. Diversion is from North Fbrk 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.

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TRANS MOUNTAIN DIVERSIONS

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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 Parshall flume in 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 irri-
gation 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.
Diversion for irrigation is from Rio Grande below Del Norte gaging station.

Piedra Pass ditch.--Water-stage recorder and 2-ft Parshall flume in sec. 4, T. 38 N.,
R. 1 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 Fbrk 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 station.

Imported quantities, in acre-feet, 1959

Month Fuchs Raber-Lohr Squaw Pass Tabor Piedra Pass Treasure Pass
ditch ditch ditch ditch ditch ditch
January, 0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maroch, 0 0 0 0 0 0
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April . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 82 0 0
May. . 75 230
June 203 843 241 266 94 112
July 0 0 82 38 19 0
August 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0
September. 0 0
October, 0 0 0 0 0 0
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November 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Calenda-r Veal" 278 1,073 323 386 113 112