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by Dina C. Carson (Compiled by)
The Water Decrees of Boulder County, Colorado, Vol 2: An Annotated Index is an index to the ditches, ditch companies and land owners from Water Districts 5 and 6, the ditches falling in Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties, Colorado. The first section, Ditch Owners, details the filing date (most falling in 1882), followed by the page number reference in the volume (above), the name of the ditch or reservoir, the original appropriation date, the Water District number (5 or 6), and the source of the water (e.g. Boulder Creek). The following section Ditch and Reservoir Details, gives the Water District Number (5 or 6), which Judicial District the case falls into, the owners, the page number in the volume (above), where the headgate is located, the natural stream, the general course of the ditch, the date of original appropriation, the date when construction began, the grade, when work commenced and when it was completed, when water began running in the ditch or gathering in the reservoir, the length of the ditch, the width at the top and bottom of the ditch, the capacity, how much water was claimed, the acres under irrigation and how many inches of water were appropriated. Not all entries contain complete information.
