IDAHO WATER RESOURCE BOARD
CYNTHIA BRIDGE CLARK
PO BOX 83720
BOISE
ID
83720-0098
Water Right Status
Priority Date : 7/30/1992
Basis : Decreed
Status : Active
Water Source
Source
Source Qualifier
Tributary
Tributary Qualifier
LOCHSA RIVER
CLEARWATER RIVER
MIDDLE FORK
Points Of Diversion (Location)
Source
Township
Range
Section
Govt. Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
County
Diversion Type
LOCHSA RIVER
Ending of Stream Flow
32N
07E
4
8
SW
NW
SW
IDAHO
LOCHSA RIVER
Beginning of Stream Flow
35N
09E
27
0
SE
SE
IDAHO
Water Uses
Beneficial Use
From
To
Diversion Rate
Volume
MINIMUM STREAM FLOW
03/01
07/31
1140.00 CFS
MINIMUM STREAM FLOW
08/01
02/29
563.00 CFS
TOTAL
1140.00 CFS
Places of Use
Place of Use Legal Description : MINIMUM STREAM FLOW (IDAHO county)
Township
Range
Section
Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
Acres
32N
07E
4
2
NW
NE
32N
07E
4
8
NW
SW
33N
07E
1
6
NE
SE
33N
07E
1
9
SW
SE
33N
07E
8
6
NE
NW
33N
07E
8
4
SE
NW
33N
07E
8
5
SE
NW
33N
07E
11
5
SE
SE
33N
07E
12
1
NW
NE
33N
07E
12
2
NE
NW
33N
07E
12
4
SW
NW
33N
07E
12
6
NW
SW
33N
07E
14
1
NW
NE
33N
07E
14
4
SW
NE
33N
07E
14
5
NW
SE
33N
07E
14
8
SW
SE
33N
07E
22
3
SE
NE
33N
07E
22
6
NE
SW
33N
07E
22
10
SE
SW
33N
07E
22
4
NE
SE
33N
07E
22
5
NW
SE
33N
07E
23
1
NW
NE
33N
07E
23
2
NE
NW
33N
07E
23
4
NW
NW
33N
07E
23
5
SW
NW
33N
07E
27
1
NE
NW
33N
07E
27
5
NE
SW
33N
07E
27
7
NW
SW
33N
07E
27
8
SW
SW
33N
07E
27
9
SE
SW
33N
07E
28
1
NE
SE
33N
07E
28
6
SW
SE
33N
07E
28
7
SE
SE
33N
07E
33
1
NW
NE
33N
07E
33
3
SE
NW
33N
07E
33
4
NE
SW
33N
07E
33
5
NE
SE
33N
07E
33
6
NW
SE
33N
07E
33
10
SW
SE
33N
07E
33
11
SE
SE
33N
08E
1
NW
NE
33N
08E
1
NE
NW
33N
08E
1
SW
NW
33N
08E
1
SE
NW
33N
08E
2
SE
NE
33N
08E
2
NE
SW
33N
08E
2
NW
SW
33N
08E
2
SE
SW
33N
08E
2
NE
SE
33N
08E
2
NW
SE
33N
08E
3
NE
SW
33N
08E
3
NW
SW
33N
08E
3
NE
SE
33N
08E
3
NW
SE
33N
08E
4
NE
SW
33N
08E
4
NW
SW
33N
08E
4
SW
SW
33N
08E
4
SE
SW
33N
08E
4
NE
SE
33N
08E
4
NW
SE
33N
08E
4
SW
SE
33N
08E
4
SE
SE
33N
08E
5
SW
NE
33N
08E
5
SE
NW
33N
08E
5
NE
SW
33N
08E
5
NW
SW
33N
08E
5
SW
SW
33N
08E
5
NE
SE
33N
08E
5
NW
SE
33N
08E
5
SE
SE
33N
08E
6
NE
SW
33N
08E
6
NW
SW
33N
08E
6
NE
SE
33N
08E
6
NW
SE
33N
08E
6
SW
SE
33N
08E
6
SE
SE
34N
08E
24
SE
SE
34N
08E
25
NE
NE
34N
08E
25
SE
NE
34N
08E
25
NE
SE
34N
08E
25
NW
SE
34N
08E
25
SW
SE
34N
08E
36
NW
NE
34N
08E
36
SW
NE
34N
08E
36
NW
SE
34N
08E
36
SW
SE
34N
09E
4
NW
NW
34N
09E
5
NE
NE
34N
09E
5
SW
NE
34N
09E
5
SE
NE
34N
09E
5
SE
SW
34N
09E
5
NW
SE
34N
09E
5
SW
SE
34N
09E
7
SE
SE
34N
09E
8
NE
NW
34N
09E
8
NW
NW
34N
09E
8
SW
NW
34N
09E
8
NW
SW
34N
09E
8
SW
SW
34N
09E
18
NE
NE
34N
09E
18
NW
NE
34N
09E
18
SW
NE
34N
09E
18
SE
NW
34N
09E
18
NE
SW
34N
09E
18
SW
SW
34N
09E
18
SE
SW
34N
09E
18
NW
SE
34N
09E
19
NW
NW
34N
09E
19
SW
NW
34N
09E
19
NW
SW
34N
09E
19
SW
SW
34N
09E
30
NW
NW
35N
09E
27
SE
SW
35N
09E
27
SW
SE
35N
09E
27
SE
SE
35N
09E
33
NW
NE
35N
09E
33
SW
NE
35N
09E
33
SE
NE
35N
09E
33
NE
NW
35N
09E
33
SE
NW
35N
09E
33
NE
SW
35N
09E
33
NW
SW
35N
09E
33
SW
SW
35N
09E
33
SE
SW
35N
09E
34
NE
NE
35N
09E
34
NW
NE
35N
09E
34
NE
NW
35N
09E
34
NW
NW
35N
09E
34
SW
NW
Conditions
Code
Condtions
Upon further finding and order of the director that gauging stations are required to maintain the approved minimum flows on Lochsa River, such measuring devices shall be permanently installed and maintained as specified by the director.
This minimum stream flow begins at the confluence with Boulder Creek in the SESE, S27, T35N, R9E, and ends approximately 24 miles downstream at the confluence with the Selway River in the SWNWSW, S4, T32N, R7E.
C18
This partial decree is subject to such general provisions necessary for the definition of the rights or for the efficient administration of the water rights as may be ultimately determined by the Court at a point in time no later than the entry of a final unified decree. Section 42-1412(6), Idaho Code.
Use of water under this right shall recognize and allow the continued beneficial diversion of water under any prior existing water right established by diversion and application to beneficial use or by an application, permit, or license on file or issued by the director under the provisions of Chapter 2, Title 42, Idaho Code, with a priority of water right date earlier than 7/30/1992.
This minimum stream flow shall be subject to future domestic and stockwater development from the Lochsa River and its tributaries including groundwater for use within the Lochsa River Basin where such domestic and stockwater use is within the limitations of Section 42-111, Idaho Code.
The place of use of this minimum stream flow is within the reach of the points of diversion described above.
027
This minimum stream flow is for the protection of fish and wildlife habitat, aquatic life and recreational values.
Use of water under this right shall be non-consumptive.
Specifically, because of the generalization inherent within the application of the Tennant method, the director retains jurisdiction, as described herein, to review and amend any and all parameters of this right. The Board, upon receiving a request, or upon its own initiative, may petition the director for an amendment to the right. The petition must set forth any significant change in circumstances and evidence of the public interest supporting the proposed amendment. The director will notify the general public and specific persons or known interested parties of the proposed change, and conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining whether the right should be amended in the public interest. The burden of proof at the hearing shall be upon the persons or parties seeking the amendment to establish that the amendment of the right would be in the public interest. An amendment cannot increase the flow rate.