Water Acquisition Projects

Last Updated: 8/24/2020
Instream Flow Acquisition Projects

Water Division	Stream Name	Structure Name(s)	Up to Amounts	County	Storage Release or Direct Flow	Duration*	Status
1	Boulder Creek	Anderson Ditch Barker Reservoir Boulder City Pipeline Farmers Ditch Harden Ditch McCarty Ditch Silver Lake Smith & Goss Ditch	15 cfs	Boulder	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
1	Boulder Creek	G. Berkley Ditch	1.0 cfs	Boulder	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
1	Cache la Poudre River	Glade Reservoir	25 cfs	Larimer	Storage Release	Permanent/NISP	Pending
1	South Boulder Creek	Gross Reservoir	5,000 af	Boulder	Storage Release	Permanent	Pending
1	South Fork Cache la Poudre	Rockwell Ditch #1-#6	1.34 cfs	Larimer	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
1	South Platte River	Strontia Springs Reservoir	7,864 af	Jefferson	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
1	St. Vrain Creek	Lake No. 4	600 af	Boulder	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
3	Alamosa River	Terrace Reservoir (Storage Space)	2,000 af	Conejos	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
3	Alamosa River	Gabino Gallegos Ditch	2.5 cfs	Conejos	Direct Flow & Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
3	Alamosa River	Valdez Ditch	0.5 cfs	Conejos	Direct Flow & Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
4	Gunnison River	Rabbit Gulch Canal	300 cfs	Delta Montrose	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
4	Little Cimarron River	McKinley Ditch	2.36 cfs	Gunnison Hindsdale Montrose	Direct Flow	Temporary	Completed
4	San Miguel River UMETCO	San Miguel Power Company Canal	240 cfs	Montrose	Direct Flow	Permanent	Pending
4	Tomichi Creek	Coats Bros Ditch	2.5 cfs	Gunnison Saguache	Direct Flow	Temporary	Completed
4	Washington Gulch Slate River	Breem Ditch	5.45 cfs	Gunnison	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Boulder Creek Blue River	Peabody #1 Ditch & Lund Gulch	5.0 cfs	Summit	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Castle Creek Roaring Fork River	Castle Creek Flume Ditch Holden Ditch Marolt Ditch Midland Flume Ditch Si Johnson Ditch Si Johnson Ditch First Enlargement	100 cfs	Pitkin	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Colorado River	Bunte Highline Ditch	22.82 cfs	Grand Mesa Routt	Direct Flow	Temporary	Completed
5	Colorado River 15-mile Reach	Ruedi Reservoir	12,000 af	Grand Mesa Routt	Storage Release	Short Term	Completed
5	Deep Creek	Yost Ditch	2.0 cfs	Eagle Garfield	Direct Flow	Temporary	Completed
5	Fraser River Williams Fork River Colorado River	Gross Reservoir & Denver Moffat Diversions	1000 af	Grand	Storage Substitution	Permanent	Completed
5	Fraser River	Hammond No. 2 Tyron Ditch	0.685 cfs	Grand	Direct Flow	Temporary	Completed
5	Fryingpan River	Ruedi Reservoir	3500 af	Eagle Pitkin	Storage Release	Short Term	Completed
5	Hat Creek East Brush Creek Eagle River	Hat Creek Ditch	2.0 cfs	Eagle	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Hunter Creek Roaring Fork River	Bulloch Spring Evans No. 1 Evans No. 2 Hunter Creek Reservoir Koch Ditch No. 1 Koch No. 3 Ext. McFarlane Ditch McFarlane Springs	15.3 cfs 27.0 af	Pitkin	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Hunter Creek Roaring Fork River	Hunter Creek Flume	15 cfs	Pitkin	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Hunter Creek Roaring Fork River	Red Mountain Ditch	0.5 cfs	Pitkin	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Maroon Creek Roaring Fork River	Stapleton Bros Ditch	4.34 cfs	Pitkin	Direct Flow	Long Term	Completed
5	Mexican Cut Ponds	Galena Lake	119.6 af	Gunnison	In-lake use	Long Term	Completed
5	Mexican Cut Ponds	Mexican Cut Ponds #1-#17	approx 21 af	Gunnison	In-lake use	Long Term	Completed
5	Roaring Fork River	Fry-Ark Project		Pitkin	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
5	Snake River Blue River	Peru Creek Reservoir	2,050 af	Summit	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
5	Snowmass Creek Roaring Fork River	Highland Ditch First Enlargement	0.25 cfs	Pitkin	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
6	Cathedral Creek White River	Bowman Ditch	1.15 cfs	Rio Blanco	Direct Flow	Long Term	Completed
6	Fish Creek	Excelsior Ditch No. 1 Hoyle & Knight Ditch Enlargement Park City Ditch No. 2 Selbe Extension Welch & Waters Ditch 2nd Enlargement	2.1 cfs	Routt Yampa	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
6	Fish Creek	Fish Creek Reservoir, 2nd Enlargement	200 af	Routt	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
6	Hot Spring Creek	H.E. Turner Ditch, 1st Enlargement	2.067 cfs	Routt	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
6	White River	Big Beaver Creek Reservoir	3,000 af	Rio Blanco	Storage Release	Temporary	Completed
6	Yampa River	Elkhead Res. Enlargement	5,000 af	Moffat	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
6	Yampa River	Steamboat Lake	2000 af	Moffat	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
6	Yampa River	Stagecoach Reservoir	3,000 af	Moffat Routt	Storage Release	Temporary	Completed
7	Florida River	Lemon Reservoir	7.7 af	LaPlata	Storage Release	Permanent	Completed
7	Hermosa Creek	Three Sisters Ditch	1.5 cfs	La Plata San Juan	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
7	Mineral Creek Big Horn Gulch	Carbon Lake Ditch (HG 1&2)	15 cfs	San Juan	Direct Flow	Permanent	Completed
7	Pine River	Vallecito Reservoir	65,000 af	La Plata	Storage Release	Permanent	Pending

* Associated Statute - Permanent: 37-92-102(3), Permanent/NISP: 37-92-102(8), Temporary: 37-83-105, Short Term: 37-92-102(3), Long Term: 37-92-102(3)

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