WSP05902

• File Number: 8449.900
• Description: Bear Creek
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 8/1/1975
• Author: Water Resources
• Title: preliminary Water Resources Investigation Water District No. 9, Bear Creek
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Diversions

There are 80 ditches and pipelines in former Water District No.9

that divert water from Bear Creek and its tributaries resulting in a total

decreed appropriation of 1652 cfs. In addition, there are a number of

diversions from non-tributary springs. To obtain the current status of

water rights in former W.ater District No.9, refer to the most recent District,

Priority List located in the Computer Services Branch of the Colorado Divi- .

sion of Water Resources, Denver, Colorado. Table 12 presents the historic C
".,,- /'1)?~/N
reported diversions from Bear Creek and Turkey Creek. Plate 1 is a line Ff.OM
~TA,F r<,
diagram showing the principal diversions from Bear Creek and Turkey Creek. f-iJ 6 o~
({(fcOI{
Former Water District No.9 is administered as a part of Water

DIvision No. I andas such is subject to calls made on the South Platte

River; however, the major diversions in the district are relatively senior

and as such the calls on the South Platte River have minimal impact on Bear

Creek diversions.

Water Budqet

Figure 4 is a sketch of the water budget for the Bear Creek drain-

age basin. The general water budget equation is:

Water Yield = Discharge at Bear Creek Mouth
+ In-basin use + export - import

The mean annual values for the right-hand side of the above equation are

as follows:

Discharge at Bear Creek Mouth =
In-basin consumptive use
Export (domestic, Eng Ie wood)
Import

26,440 ac-ft
= 16,769 ac-ft
2,456 ac-ft
o ac-ft

=

=

-26-

.---,.,....-....;~.-....-_. . ....,,,,-'r....:-. ",:- .:_t'!':..,l~';.~''JI''''''~?;r~,.,.,_...,:: .....-___.-t!Il.n--~.~.-u.-..- .'