US DEPT OF JUSTICE
INDIAN RES SEC LAND & NATURAL RESOURCE
1961 STOUT ST 8TH FL
DENVER
CO
80294
Current Owner
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH
USDI BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
911 NE 11TH AVE
PORTLAND
OR
97232
Water Right Status
Priority Date : 4/4/1914
Basis : Decreed
Status : Active
Water Source
Source
Source Qualifier
Tributary
Tributary Qualifier
SAND CREEK
BLACKFOOT RIVER
Points Of Diversion (Location)
Source
Township
Range
Section
Govt. Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
County
Diversion Type
SAND CREEK
02S
36E
24
0
NE
SW
SE
BINGHAM
Injection
SAND CREEK
02S
37E
7
0
NE
NW
NW
BINGHAM
SAND CREEK
03S
35E
13
0
NE
NE
NE
BINGHAM
Rediversion
SAND CREEK
03S
35E
14
0
NW
NE
NW
BINGHAM
Rediversion
Water Uses
Beneficial Use
From
To
Diversion Rate
Volume
IRRIGATION
3/15
11/15
260.00 CFS
60000.00 AFA
TOTAL
260.00 CFS
60000.00 AFA
Places of Use
Irrigation Totals
Total Acres
Acre Limit
Conditions
Code
Condtions
ANNUAL VOLUME OF CONSUMPTIVE USE: INCLUDED IN WATER RIGHT NO.
01-10248.
POINT OF DIVERSION: NENWNW SEC. 7, TWP 2S, RGE 37E, BM (SAND CREEK INTO RESERVATION CANAL); POINTS OF INJECTION: NESWSE SEC 24 TWP 2S RGE 36 E BM (RESERVATION CANAL INTO BLACKFOOT RIVER); POINTS OF REDIVERSION: NENENE SEC 13 TWP 3S RGE 35 E BM (BLACKFOOT RIVER INTO FORT HALL MAIN CANAL); NWNENW SEC 14 TWP 3S RGE 35 E BM (BLACKFOOT RIVER INTO NORTH CANAL).
PLACE OF USE: 13,630.13 ACRES WITHIN THE FORT HALL IRRIGATION PROJECT. THIS RIGHT COMBINED WITH RIGHT NOS. 01-10248, 27-11561 AND 25-13615 MAY BE USED TO IRRIGATE NOT MORE THAT 12,667.2 ACRES IN THE 13,630.13 PROJECT ACRES.
BASIS OF RIGHT: CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
REMARKS: A. THIS RIGHT IS USED IN COMBINATION WITH WATER RIGHT NO.
01-10248. THE COMBINED DIVERSION RATE OF THIS WATER RIGHT AND WATER RIGHT NO. 01-10248 SHALL NOT EXCEED 260 CFS AND THE COMBINED DIVERSION VOLUME SHALL NOT EXCEED 60,000 AFY.
B. TO THE EXTENT A NON-INDIAN WATER USER IS ADJUDICATED A NON-PROJECT WATER RIGHT FOR PROJECT LANDS, THE AMOUNT OF THAT NON-PROJECT WATER RIGHT WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE PROJECT WATER RIGHTS AT A DIVERSION RATE THAT IS NOT MORE THAN THE DUTY OF WATER PER ACRE FOR LANDS WITHIN THE FORT HALL IRRIGATION PROJECT. C. AS THE UNITED STATES AND OWNERS OF LANDS WITHIN THE CEDED AREA RELINQUISH THEIR RIGHTS TO USE WATER UNDER THIS WATER RIGHT ON THE PROJECT LANDS, THE CAP ON THE ANNUAL DIVERSION RATE AND ANNUAL DIVERSION VOLUME OF WATER RIGHT NO. 01-10223 SHALL BE INCREASED BY A LIKE AMOUNT UNTIL THE ULTIMATE DIVERSION RATE OF 470 C.F.S. AND ULTIMATE DIVERSION VOLUME OF 115,000 AFY FOR RIGHT NO. 01-10223 ARE REACHED.
D. THIS WATER RIGHT AND WATER RIGHT NOS. 01-10248, 27-11561 AND 25-13615 ARE TO BE USED ON PROJECT LANDS. THE TOTAL ANNUAL VOLUME OF CONSUMPTIVE USE FROM THESE RIGHTS SHALL NOT EXCEED 33,222 AFY.
E. THIS RIGHT SHALL BE EXERCISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISION .X.D OF WATER RIGHT NO. 01-10223.