ISFAPP00131

• Case Number: 87CW0274
• Stream Name: Shoe & Stocking Creek
• Watershed: Colorado River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 53
• County: Routt
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE' COLORADO WATER
CONSERVATION BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. IN THE
COLORADO RIVER. OR ITS TRIBUTARIES. TRIBUTARY INVOLVED: SHOE AND STOCKING
CREEK. IN ROUTT COUNTY

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The above entitled Application was filed on December 10. 1987. and was
referred to the undersigned as Water Referee for Water Division No.5. State
of Colorado, by the Water Judge of said Court on the 11th day of January,
1988, in accordance with Article 92 of Chapter 37, Colorado Revised Statutes
1973, known as The Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969.

And the undersigned Referee having made such investigations as are
necessary to determine whether or not the statements in the Application are
true and having become fully advised with respect to the subject matter of the
-Application does hereby make the following determination and Ruling as the
Referee in this matter, to wit:

1. The statements in the Application are true.

2. The name of the stream is Shoe and Stocking Creek.

3. The name and address of ' the Claimant: Colorado Water Conservation
Board; 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721; Denver, Colorado 80203.

4. The source of the water is Shoe and Stocking Creek, tributary to
Rock Creek. tributary to the Colorado Riv~r.

5. Description of beginning anq end points of minimum stream flow
claimed: The natural stream channel from headwaters in the vicinity of Lat.
400 03'510 N.. Long. 1060 42'40" W. as the upstream terminus and extending to
. the confluence with Rock Creek at Lat. 40' 03'03" N.. Long. 1060 39'10" W. as
the downstream terminus being a distance of approximately 3.5 miles.

Administration: For the stream segment(s} in an unsurveyed area, the
Division Engineer has determined for administrative purposes that the
approximate legal description of the instream flow termini as protracted from
U.S.G.S. mapping is as follows: Upstream terminus in the SE/4SE/4 Sec. 8 T. 1
N.. R. 83 W. 6th P.M.; downstream terminus in the NE/4SE/4 Sec. 14 T. 1 N., R.
83 W. 6th P.M.

6. The use of the water is to appropriate such minimum stream flows as
are required to preserve the natural environment to a-reasonable degree;"

7. The date of initiation of appropriation is October Z, 1987.

8. The amount of water claimed is 1.0 cubic foot of water per second
of time, absolute.

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