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The UYWCD has obtained the following absolute decrees for the storage in Yamcolo <br />Reservoir: <br />Adjudication <br />WDID Date <br />584240 03-30-1964 <br />OS-30-1972 <br />12-31-1980 <br />12-31-1990 <br />TOTAL <br />Appropriation <br />Date <br />02-26-1963 <br />06-29-1959 <br />09-04-1951 <br />02-27-1981 <br />Administration <br />No. <br />41329.00000 <br />41727.39991 <br />47481.37136 <br />51134.47905 <br />Amount (acre- <br />feet) <br />6,532 <br />2,500 <br />1,000 <br />314 <br />10,346 <br />The second priority for 2,500 acre-feet was transferred to Yamcolo Reservoir from the <br />water rights originally decreed to the Pleasant Valley Reservoir, a large reservoir that was <br />planned for a site near the present day location of Lake Catamount. Note that the total <br />storage decrees are in excess of the active storage capacity in the reservoir. <br />The active storage in Yamcolo Reservoir was originally allocated by the UYWCD by <br />assigning 1,010 acre-feet for municipal uses; 3,000 acre-feet to the Yamcolo Irrigators <br />Association for irrigation in the upper reaches of the Bear River; and 4,000 acre-feet to <br />Colorado-Ute Electric Association (Tri-State's predecessor), for industrial uses. The dead <br />storage of approximately 1,086 acre-feet is reserved for a conservation pool. <br />The municipal water is held by the following entities. Historically, there has been very <br />little use of this water. <br />Amount of Reservoir Storage <br />Name of Municipality (acre-feet) <br />Town of Hayden 300 <br />Morrison Creek WSD 60 <br />Mt. Werner WSD 300 <br />Routt County & Phippsburg 50 <br />Town of Steamboat Spring 100 <br />Town of Yampa 200 <br />TOTAL <br />1,010 <br />The Yamcolo Irrigators Association currently consists of about 18 individuals who <br />irrigate land under several of the major ditch structures in the upper Bear River. Using <br />reservoir account and land ownership data provided by the water commissioner, the <br />reservoir accounts were grouped according to the structures that are used to serve the <br />irrigated land owned by those individuals. <br />Yampa River Basin Information 2-ll <br />