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water flow in that area. Also, the north Wadge pit is too small to affect recharge to the . Olson Well. J.C. TEMPLE IRRIGATION SYSTEM Peabody has leased a portion of the J.C. Temple Reservoir No. I and J.C. Temple Ditch No. I from Darrell Camilletti. The lease involves the historical consumptive use from 20 acres of irrigated alfalfa. This historical consumptive use will be regulated by J.C. Temple Reservoir No. I and will be used to replace Peabody's out-of-priority depletions with respect to Dry Creek. The following paragraphs describe the irrigation system, historical diversions, irrigation and cropping practices and the analyses used to estimate the historical consumptive use. Water Rights The J.C. Temple Reservoir No. I is located on Temple Gulch, a tributary of Dry Creek in Section 33, Township 6 North, Range 88 West. The headgate of the J.C. Temple Ditch No. I is located at the outlet works of the J.C. Temple Reservoir No. I. The water rights for the reservair and ditch were decreed for irrigation purposes by the Routt County District Court on June 17, 1913. The appropriation date for both structures is December I I, 1903. The reservoir has a decreed capacity of 554 acre-feet. A diversion rate was not decreed for the ditch; however, the ditch capacity was described as 5.06 cfs in the decree. Pertinent aspects of these water rights are shown in Table 5. The locations of the storage and diversion structures are shown in Plate I. On September 28, 1988, Darrell Camilletti was interviewed concerning the historical use of the irrigation system and cultural practices. Mr. Camilletti purchased the irrigation system and irrigated land in 1984 from Cross Mountain Enterprises. Mr. Camilletti also owns and operates the J.C. Temple Ditch No. 2, which diverts water from Dry Creek, and owns and operates Emrich Reservoir, which is {ocated on an unnamed tributary to Dry Creek about I mile west of J.C. Temple Reservoir No. I. He irrigates about 170.9 acres of alfalfa under the J.C. Temple Ditch No. I and about 64.3 acres of alfalfa and 75.5 acres of grass under the J.C. Temple Ditch No. 2. The configuration of the irrigation system and irrigated land are shown in Plate 3. Normally, Mr. Camilletti begins irrigating in late May or early June and irrigates the alfalfa and grass twice before cutting in late June. He irrigates the crops once before the second cutting of alfalfa in early August. He resumes irrigating after the . second cutting and continues through August. The alfalfa could be cut again in mid- 8