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White River Basin Conditional Water Rights

White River Basin Conditional Oil Shale Water Rights

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Abbreviations used on this table:

pl
pipeline
pp
pumping plant
res
reservoir
con
conduit
flum
flume
cfs
cubic feet per second (a unit of measure for flowing water equal to 7.4805 gallons flowing by a particular point in 1 second, or 1.983 acre-feet per day)
af
acre-feet (a unit of measure for stored water equal to 325,851 gallons per acre-foot)
Map Location Structure Name Water Source Structure Type Quantity (cfs) Quantity (af) Appropriation Date Appropriation Owner
1 Lost Park Reservoir Lost Ck Reservoir 0 33,541 11/9/1953 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
2 Lost Park Feeder C. 1 Tributaries-N. Fk Ditch 100 0 11/9/1953 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
3 Lost Park Feeder C. 2 Tributaries-N. Fk Ditch 100 0 11/9/1953 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
4 Yellow Jacket Canal North Fork Ditch 500 0 11/9/1953 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
5 Ripple Creek Reservoir North Fork Reservoir 0 27,992 11/19/1953 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
6 Stillwater Power Plant South Fork Pipeline 300 0 5/29/1955 Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
7 Stillwater Reservoir South Fork Reservoir 0 12,548 5/29/1955 Exxon Mobil Corporation
8 Miller Creek Pumping Pl White River Pipeline 100 0 5/26/1957 Tosco Corporation
9 Ertl Pipeline Hg 1 Buck Ck Pipeline 15 0 5/26/1957 Tosco Corporation
10 Ertl Pipeline Hg 2 Wagon Wheel Ck Pipeline 1 0 5/26/1957 Tosco Corporation
11 Ertl Pipeline Hg 3 Patterson Ck Pipeline 7 0 5/26/1957 Tosco Corporation
12 Ertl Pipeline Hg 4 Patterson Ck Pipeline 7 0 5/26/1957 Tosco Corporation
13 Boies Reservoir Black Sulphur Ck Reservoir 0 31,020.8 7/10/1961 Exxon Mobil Corporation
14 Piceance Canal Piceance Ck Pipeline 50 0 7/10/1961 Exxon Mobil Corporation
15 Flattops Tunnel South Fork Pipeline 254 0 10/31/1961 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
16 Piceance Basin Pl Coll S South Fork Pipeline 60 0 10/31/1961 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
17 Rangely Reservoir White River Reservoir 0 131,034.5 10/31/1961 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
18 Patterson Cr Coll. Sys Patterson Ck Pipeline 75 0 10/31/1961 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
19 Rio Blanco Reservoir South Fork Reservoir 0 131,034.5 10/31/1961 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
20 Strawberry Creek Res Strawberry Ck Reservoir 0 7,5957 10/31/1961 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
21 Wray Gulch Dam & Res Wray Gulch Reservoir 0 2,9374 10/31/1961 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
22 Douglas Canal White River Ditch 620 0 7/3/1962 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
23 Wolf Ck Res(Crwcd) White River Reservoir 0 162,400 7/3/1962 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
24 Wolf Ck Res Wolf Ck Reservoir 0 35,000 7/3/1962 Exxon Mobil Corporation
25 Ryan Gulch Reservoir Piceance Ck Reservoir 0 22,635.2 12/15/1963 Exxon Mobil Corporation
26 White River Pumping Pl White River Pipeline 100 0 12/15/1963 Exxon Mobil Corporation
27 Jumps Cabin Res West Hunter Ck Reservoir 0 7,868.8 5/27/1964 Humble Oil Company
28 Howells Cabin Res Willow Ck/Pic. Ck Reservoir 0 8,096 5/27/1964 ?
29 Fourteen Mile Res 1 Fourteen Mile Ck Reservoir 0 85,988.1 6/24/1964 Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
30 White R. Fourteen M. Pl White River Pipeline 200 0 9/12/1964 Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
31 South Fork Pipeline South Fork Pipeline 100 0 9/14/1964 Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
32 South Fork Reservoir South Fork Reservoir 0 8,5342 9/14/1964 Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
33 White River Pl No 2 White River Pipeline 120 0 10/12/1964 Exxon Mobil Corporation
34 South Fork Piceance Pl South Fork Pipeline 70 0 5/29/1965 Exxon Mobil Corporation
35 Wolf Ridge Feeder Pl White River Pipeline 100 0 11/19/1966 Ehs Manager, Natural Soda Inc
36 Wolf Ridge Res Yellow Ck Reservoir 0 7,380 11/19/1966 Ehs Manager, Natural Soda Inc
37 Hunter Ck Res Hunter Ck Reservoir 0 24,362 2/28/1967 Tosco Corporation
38 Ohio Ertl Pl White River Pipeline 55 0 2/28/1967 Tosco Corporation
39 Story G Parachute Pl White River Pipeline 55 0 2/28/1967 Tosco Corporation
40 Story Gulch Res Story Gulch Reservoir 0 25,000 2/28/1967 Tosco Corporation
46 Superior Oil Term Res White River Reservoir 0 800 5/14/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
47 Superior Oil Pl White River Pipeline 24 0 5/14/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
48 Miller Ck Res Miller Ck Reservoir 0 45,900 7/18/1968 Tosco Corporation
49 Blacks Gulch Pipeline White River Pipeline 100 0 9/1/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
50 Blacks Gulch Res Blacks Gulch Reservoir 0 13,900 9/1/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
51 Crooked Wash P.L. White River Pipeline 100 0 9/1/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
52 Crooked Wash Res Crooked Wash Reservoir 0 11,800 9/1/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
53 Kellogg Gulch P.L. White River Pipeline 100 0 9/1/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
54 Kellogg Gulch Res Kellogg Gulch Reservoir 0 3700 9/1/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
55 Wray Gulch Res Wray Gulch Reservoir 0 13,500 9/1/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
56 Superior Pumpback Pl 1 White River Pipeline 12 0 10/5/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
57 Superior Pumpback Pl 2 White River Pipeline 12 0 10/5/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
58 Superior Pumpback Pl 3 White River Pipeline 12 0 10/5/1968 Exxon Mobil Corporation
59 Wolf Ck Pl White River Pipeline 70 0 9/30/1971 Exxon Mobil Corporation
63 Strawberry Creek Pl White River Pipeline 400 0 6/16/1972 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
64 Wray Gulch Pipeline White River Pipeline 100 0 7/19/1972 Exxon Mobil Corporation
65 Wray Gulch Pl (Crwcd) White River Pipeline 450 0 7/19/1972 Colorado River Water Cons Dist
69 Colo White R Hyd.Plant White River Pipeline 500 0 9/6/1973 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
70 North Fork Fdr Conduit North Fork Pipeline 500 0 10/7/1976 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
71 Sawmill Mountain Res Big Beaver Ck Reservoir 0 80,000 10/7/1976 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
73 Colo White R Res White River Reservoir 0 105,000 11/17/1981 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist
75 Mobil Pump Station Pl White River Pipeline 200 0 5/4/1984 Exxon Mobil Corporation
76 Larson Res Trib.-Piceance Ck Reservoir 0 1,200 4/5/1988 Ehs Manager, Natural Soda Inc
87 Exxon Love Ranch Res Piceance Ck Reservoir 0 30 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
88 Exxon Boies Bsulpur Res Black Sulphur Ck Reservoir 0 50 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
89 Exxon B&M Reservoir Piceance Ck Reservoir 0 50 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
90 Exxon Hunter Creek Res Hunter Ck Reservoir 0 30 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
91 Exxon Willow Creek Res Willow Ck/ Pic Ck Reservoir 0 30 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
92 Exxon Yellow Ck Res Yellow Ck Reservoir 0 30 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
93 Exxon Dry Creek Res Trib.-Piceance Ck Reservoir 0 20 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
94 Exxon Upper Piceance Ck Piceance Ck Ditch 4 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
95 Exxon Piceance Ck Div Piceance Ck Ditch 4 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
96 Exxon Lower Piceance Piceance Ck Ditch 4 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
97 Exxon Thirteen Mile Ck Thirteen Mile Ck Ditch 1 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
98 Exxon Willow Ck Div Willow Ck/Pic Ck Ditch 2 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
99 Exxon Hunter Ck Div Hunter Ck Ditch 2 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
100 Exxon Upper Fawn Ck Fawn Ck Ditch 1 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
101 Exxon Lower Fawn Ck Fawn Ck Ditch 2 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
102 Exxon Up. B. Sulphur Ck Black Sulphur Ck Ditch 1 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
103 Exxon Mid Blk Sulphur Black Sulphur Ck Ditch 2 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
104 Exxon B Sulp-Fawn Ck Black Sulphur Ck Ditch 2 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
105 Exxon Blk Sulphur-Pic Black Sulphur Ck Ditch 2 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
106 Exxon M. Fk Stewart Ck Stewart Gulch Ditch 3 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
107 Exxon E. Fk Stewart Ck Stewart Gulch Ditch 3 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
108 Exxon Upper Dry Fork Trib.-Piceance Ck Ditch 1 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
109 Exxon Lower Dry Fork Trib.-Piceance Ck Ditch 3 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
110 Exxon Yellow Ck Div Yellow Ck Ditch 3 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
111 Exxon Duck Ck Div Duck Ck Ditch 1 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
112 Exxon Corral Ck Div Corral Gulch Ditch 1 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
113 Exxon Ryan Gulch Div Ryan Gulch Ditch 1 0 11/17/1998 Exxon Mobil Corporation
114 Shell Pumping Plant White River Pipeline 25 0 1/1/1999 Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
   Total structures: 114     Total: 5,693.47 cfs Total: 1,212,613.9 af    

 

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Lost Park Reservoir – Storage Vol.: 33,541AF - Appropriation date: 11/9/1953 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Lost Park Feeder C. 1 Tributaries- N. Fk Ditch - Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date: 11/9/1953 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Lost Park Feeder C. 2 Tributaries- N. Fk Ditch - Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date: 11/9/1953 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Yellow Jacket Canal - Quantity: 500cfs - Appropriation date: 11/9/1953 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Ripple Creek Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 27,992AF - Appropriation date: 11/19/1953 Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Stillwater Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 12,548AF - Appropriation date: 5/29/1955 - Exxon Mobil Corp. Miller Creek Pumping Pl - Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date 5/26/1957 - Tosco Corporation Ertl Pipeline Hg 1 - Quantity: 15cfs - Appropriation date: 5/26/1957 - Tosco Corporation Ertl Pipeline Hg 2 - Quantity: 1cfs - Appropriation date: 5/26/1957 - Tosco Corporation Ertl Pipeline Hg 3 - Quantity: 7cfs - Appropriation date: 5/26/1957 - Tosco Corporation Ertl Pipeline Hg 4 - Quantity: 7cfs - Appropriation date: 5/26/1957 -Tosco Corporation Boies Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 31,020.8AF - Appropriation date: 7/10/1961 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Piceance Canal - Quantity: 50cfs - Appropriation date: 7/10/1961 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Flattops Tunnel - Quantity: 254cfs - Appropriation date: 10/31/1961 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Rangely Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 131,034.5AF - Appropriation date: 10/31/1961 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Patterson Cr Coll. Sys - Quantity: 75cfs - Appropriation date: 10/31/1961 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Rio Blanco Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 131,034.5AF - Appropriation date: 10/31/1961 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Strawberry Creek Res - Storage Vol.: 7,5957AF - Appropriation date: 10/31/1961 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Wray Gulch Dam & Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 2,9374AF - Appropriation date: 10/31/1961 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Douglas Canal - Quantity: 620cfs - Appropriation date: 7/3/1962 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Wolf Ck Res(Crwcd) - Storage Vol.: 162,400AF - Appropriation date 7/3/1962 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Wolf Ck Res - Storage Vol.: 35,000AF - Appropriation date: 7/3/1962 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Ryan Gulch Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 22,635.2AF - Appropriation date: 12/15/1963 - Exxon Mobil Corporation White River Pumping Pl - Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date: 12/15/1963 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Jumps Cabin Res - Storage Vol.: 7,868.8AF - Appropriation date: 5/27/1964 - Humble Oil Company Howells Cabin Res - Storage Vol.: 8,096AF - Appropriation date: 5/27/1964 – ownership ? Fourteen Mile Res 1 - Storage Vol.: 60,000AF - Appropriation date: 6/24/1964 - Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc White R. Fourteen Mile Pl - Quantity: 200cfs - Appropriation date: 9/12/1964 - Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc South Fork Pipeline – Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date: 9/14/1964 - Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc South Fork Reservoir - Storage Vol.: 8,5342AF - Appropriation date: 9/14/1964 - Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc White River Pl No 2 - Quantity: 120cfs - Appropriation date: 10/12/1964 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Wolf Ridge Feeder Pl - Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date 11/19/1966 - Ehs Manager, Natural Soda Inc Wolf Ridge Res - Storage Vol.: 7,380AF - Appropriation date: 11/19/1966 - Ehs Manager, Natural Soda Inc Hunter Ck Res - Storage Vol.: 24,362AF - Appropriation date: 2/28/1967 - Tosco Corporation Ohio Ertl Pl - Quantity: 55cfs - Appropriation date: 2/28/1967 - Tosco Corporation Story G Parachute Pl - Quantity: 55cfs - Appropriation date: 2/28/1967 - Tosco Story Gulch Res - Storage Vol.: 25,000AF - Appropriation date: 2/28/1967 - Tosco Corporation Superior Oil Term Res - Storage Vol.: 800AF - Appropriation date: 5/14/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Superior Oil Pl - Quantity: 24cfs - Appropriation date: 5 /14/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Miller Ck Res - Storage Vol.: 45,900AF - Appropriation date: 7/18/1968 - Tosco Corporation Blacks Gulch Pipeline - Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date: 9/1/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Blacks Gulch Res - Storage Vol.: 13,900AF - Appropriation date: 9/1/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Crooked Wash P.L. - Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date: 9/1/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Crooked Wash Res - Storage Vol.: 11,800AF - Appropriation date: 9/1/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Kellogg Gulch P.L. - Quantity: 100 - Appropriation date: 9/1/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Kellogg Gulch Res - Storage Vol.: 3700AF - Appropriation date: 9/1/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Kellogg Gulch Res - Storage Vol.: 3700AF - Appropriation date: 9/1/1968 - Exxon Mobil Superior Pumpback Pl 1 - Quantity: 12cfs - Appropriation date: 10/5/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Superior Pumpback Pl 2 - Quantity: 12cfs - Appropriation date: 10/5/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Superior Pumpback Pl 3 - Quantity: 12cfs - Appropriation date: 10/5/1968 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Wolf Ck Pl - Quantity: 70cfs - Appropriation date: 9/30/1971 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Strawberry Creek Pl - Quantity: 400cfs - Appropriation date: 6/16/1972 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Wray Gulch Pipeline – Quantity: 100cfs - Appropriation date: 7/19/1972 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Wray Gulch Pl (Crwcd) - Quantity: 450cfs - Appropriation date: 7/19/1972 - Colorado River Water Cons Dist Colo White R Hyd.Plant - Quantity: 500cfs - Appropriation date: 9/6/1973 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist North Fork Feeder Conduit - Quantity: 500cfs - Appropriation date: 10/7/1976 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Larson Res - Storage vol.: 1,200AF - Appropriation date: 4/5/1988 - Ehs Manager, Natural Soda Inc Sawmill Mountain Res – Storage vol.: 80,000AF - Appropriation date: 10/7/1976 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Colo White R Res - Storage vol.: 105,000AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1981 - Yellow Jacket Water Cons Dist Mobil Pump Station Pl - Quantity: 200cfs - 5/4/1984 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Love Ranch Res - Storage vol.: 30AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Boies Bsulpur Res - Storage vol.: 50AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon B&M Reservoir - Storage vol.: 50AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Hunter Creek Res - Storage vol.: 30AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Willow Creek Res - Storage vol.: 30AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Yellow Ck Res - Storage vol.: 30AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Dry Creek Res - Storage vol.: 20AF - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Upper Piceance Ck Ditch – Quantity: 4cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Piceance Ck Div - Quantity: 4cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Lower Piceance - Quantity: 4cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Thirteen Mile Ck - Quantity: 1cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Willow Ck Div - Quantity: 2cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Hunter Ck Div - Quantity: 2cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Upper Fawn Ck - Quantity: 1cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Lower Fawn Ck - Quantity: 2cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Up. Black Sulphur Ck - Quantity: 1cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Mid Black Sulphur - Quantity: 2cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon B Sulp-Fawn Ck - Quantity: 2cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon M. Fk Stewart Ck- Quantity: 3cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon E. Fk Stewart Ck - Quantity: 3cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Lower Dry Fork - Quantity: 3cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Yellow Ck Div - Quantity: 3cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Duck Ck Div - Quantity: 1cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Corral Ck Div - Quantity: 1cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Ryan Gulch Div - Quantity: 1cfs - Appropriation date: 11/17/1998 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Shell Pumping Plant - Quantity: 25cfs - Appropriation date: 1/1/1999 - Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc