ISFAPP00247

• Case Number: 73W1953
• Stream Name: Mormon Creek
• Watershed: Fryingpan River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 38
• County: Pitkin
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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COLD, WATER
CONSERVATION BOARD
IN AND

IN THE DISTRICT COURT

FOR WATER DIVISION NO. 5

F I LED
IN W ATE,Z COURT
Division No. .:>

STATE OF COLORAOO

I'~ O'J 1 Q \973
STATE Or COLORADO

,Application No. W-1953

IN THE HATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
FOR WATER RIGHTS OF TllE COLORAOO )
WATER CONSERVATION BOARD, ON BEHALF )
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORAOO )
IN THE FRYINGPANRIVER DR ITS )
TRIBUTARIES )
TRIBUTARY INVOLVED: MORMAN CRF.F.K )
IN PITKIN COUNTY )

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RULING OF
REFEREE

The above entitled matter having been referred to the under-

signed as Water Referee for Water Division No.5, State of Colorado,

by the Water Judge of said Court on the 17th day of July, 1973, in

accordance with Article 21 of Chapter 148, Colorado Revised Statutes

1963, as amended (Chapter 373 S.L. Coio. 1969), known as The Water

Rights Determination and Administration Act of 1969.

And the undersigned Referee having made such investigations

as are necessary to qetermine whether or not the statements in the

application and statement of opposition are. true and having become

fully advised with respect to the subject matter of the application,

and statement of opPQsition, does hereby make the following determination

and ruling as the Referee in this matter, to-wit:

1. The statements in the application and in the Statement
of Op~osition are true.

2. There is no ditch or structure involved; however, for
the p~pose of identification the water right will be
called Mormon Creek.

3. The name of cla{mant and address is: The Colorado Water
Conse~vation Board, 1845 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado

4. The source of the water is Mormon Creek, tributary to
the North Fork of the Fryingpan River, tributary to the
Fryingpan River.

5. There is no diversion. The application is for in-stream
use on Mormon Creek from a point immediately below the
collection system of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project to
the point of confluence with the North Fork of the Fryingpan
River.

6. The proposed use of the water is to maintain such minimum
flows in the stream bed as ~e required to preserve the
natural environment to a reasonable degree.

7. The date of initiation of the appropriation is July I?, i973.

8. The water was first applied to the above beneficial use on
July 12, 1973, by action of the Colorado Water Conservation
Board under the provisions of Sec. 148-21-3(6), (7) and