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2.2. Sarvis Ditch <br />The Sarvis Ditch (WDID 584684) is a transbasin diversion facility that diverts water <br />from the headwaters of Service Creek into the headwaters of Red Dirt Creek, a tributary <br />of Muddy Creek in Irrigation Division 5. The structure holds the following direct flow <br />water right: <br />Adjudication Administration <br />WDID Date Appropriation Date No. Amount <br />584684 3-30-1964 5-24-1911 39254.22423 43 cfs <br />The diversion is reported to be a low embankment constructed around a large open <br />meadow near the top of the drainage divide and is located at an extremely remote sight. <br />There is minimal regulation of the diversions and the records of diversion are, for the <br />most part, jointly estimated by the water commissioners for Water Districts 58 and 50. It <br />is our understanding that diversions by the Sarvis Ditch are not driven by a demand for <br />irrigation water in the Red Dirt Creek drainage, but rather are dependent only on the <br />physical supply available for diversion. Although the accuracy of the diversion records <br />may be less than desirable, they are believed to be the best information available. <br />2.3.Other Transbasin Diversions <br />There are three other diversion structures within the Yampa River basin that divert water <br />from one drainage basin to another. These structures are carrier ditches that deliver water <br />from one tributary basin for use in another tributary basin, although they are not <br />necessarily tied to specific irrigated acreage. <br />The Coal Creek Ditch (WDID 580589) diverts water from Coal Creek, a tributary of the <br />Bear River, just downstream of Yamcolo Reservoir. It also diverts storage water from <br />Yamcolo and Stillwater Reservoir No. 1 by exchange (water is released from the <br />reservoirs and a like amount is diverted at the ditch headgate on Coal Creek). The ditch <br />carries the water into the headwaters of Moody Creek where it is rediverted by several <br />direct flow water rights on that small tributary. <br />The Rich Ditch (WDID 574629) diverts water from Trout Creek in Water District 57 for <br />irrigation in the Oak Creek drainage in Water District 58. According to the water <br />commissioner, it is treated as an import to Oak Creek and the water is then re-diverted by <br />several direct flow rights on this stream. <br />The Allen Basin Supply Ditch (WDID 580506) is a feeder ditch which diverts from Mill <br />Creek, a side tributary of South Hunt Creek, to fill Allen Basin Reservoir, located on <br />Middle Hunt Creek. Although decreed for 60 cubic feet per second (cfs), the ditch diverts <br />relatively small quantities of water during the spring runoff, prior to the more senior <br />water rights on South Hunt Creek calling for water. <br />Yampa River Basin Information 2-3 <br />