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Title	Utah exhibits [of the] State of Arizona, complainant, v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego, and County of San Diego, defendants, United States of America and State of Nevada, interveners, State of New Mexico and State of Utah, parties
Creator	Rifkind, Simon H. (Simon Hirsch); California; Palo Verde Irrigation District; United States. Supreme Court; Nevada
Subject	Water rights; Water consumption; Rivers
OCR Text	Show The State of Utah was joined as a party in this case, in its capacity as a State of the Lower Colorado River Basin, by order of the United States Supreme Court, dated December 12, 1955. In its formal pleadings filed following this order, the State of Utah asked for confirmation of its asserted right to the consumptive use of 175,000 acre-feet per annum of the water apportioned to the Lower Basin by Articles III (a) and III (b) of the Colorado River Compact. The State of Utah also asked that it be decreed its equitable share of any waters which might be apportioned under Article III(f) of the Compact. The rights thus asserted by the State of Utah are based: (1) Upon priority of appropriation, which rights are expressly recognized and protected as "presently perfected rights" or as "rights which may now exist" by the terms of the Colorado River Compact; and (2) upon the principle of equitable apportionment. In this connection it should be noted that Utah makes no distinction between water apportioned under Article III (a) and under III (b) of the Compact. The only water physically available to Utah, however, is from the Virgin River, Kanab Creek and Johnson Creek, all of which streams are tributary to the Colorado River above Hoover Dam. Only the Virgin River actually contributes to the Colorado River each year. Flow from the other two streams normally sinks into the ground and is dissipated through evaporation and transpiration shortly after crossing the Utah-Arizona line. Since the filing of formal pleadings in this case, further study and investigation has prompted us to reduce Utah's demands from a consumptive use figure of 175,000 acre-feet of water to 125,000 acre-feet. This quantity would constitute a full water supply for a total of about 39,000 acres, including present and future development plus a di- version from the basin of about 10,000 acre-feet, and compares with a present consumptive use of 58,000 acre-feet of water for approximately 25,300 irrigated acres and other incidental uses. Evidence will be submitted to demonstrate that Utah has a firm legal as well as historical right to the use of the water here claimed. Water from the Virgin River has been diverted for irrigation in Utah ever since the year 1854. At the time of the so-called "Mead Report" in 1902, there was stated to be more than 10,421 irrigated acres in the Utah portion of the Lower Colorado River Basin. Applicable court decrees establish appropriative rights to water from the Virgin River with priorities as early as 1860. In fact, Utah's use of water in the Lower Colorado River Basin is believed to be the oldest of any white men in the Basin, even though Utah's quantitative uses may be relatively small compared to the total uses within the Basin. Nevertheless, such uses as have existed and now exist are vital to the economic well-being of the entire southwest area of Utah. This particular corner of the state is known as "Utah's Dixie." It has climate and soils suitable for producing crops that can be grown nowhere else in the state. Its special products consist chiefly of fruits, vegetables, and specialty crops such as sugar beet seed for use in other areas of Utah and in other states.
Date	1956
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Language	eng
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Call Number	KF5575.A55 .A762 Vol. 1 Vol. 2
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OCR Text	Show !>ate of Priority Class Acreage Duty Amount Period of Use. Point of Diversion. Place of Use. 25 123. THORLEY. .RICHARD A., Cedar City. Utah. . 1873 1 29.4 60 0.49 c.f.s. 124. THORLEY, RICHARD A.t Cedar City, Utah. Pec. 2, 1912 3 9.42 0.235 c.f.s. (Application No. 3685) (Certificate No. 378) 125. DECKER, VIVIAN B., Parowan, Utah. May 19, 1917 3 120.0 3.0 c.f.s. (Application No. 7305) (Proof Due Oct. 31, 1926) 126. SPILLSBURY, G. M., Toqucrville, Utah. Feb. 18, 1911 3 120.0 2.00 c.f.s. (Application No. 3791) (Proof Due Sept. 23, 1926) 127. SPILLSBURY, G. M., Toquerville, Utah. 1900 2 16.9 55 0.31 c.f.s. 128. BATTY, GEO. I., Pintura, Utah. Aug. 4, 1917 3 1760 (Application No. 7432) (Proof Due Nov. 15, 1926) 10.0 c.f.s. 129. GREGARSON, A. F., et al, Pintura, Utah. I860 1 6.5 55 0.12 c.f.s. 130. GREGARSON, A. F., et al, Pintura, Utah. Mar. 19, 1910 3 176.0 2.25 c.f.s. (Application No. 3081) Proof Submitted April 27, 1925) *om Mar. 1 to October 1. Said water to be diverted from Ash Creek at a point 2250 ft. S. and 150 ft. W. of the NW Cor. of Sec. 6, T. 39 S., R. 12 W. and used to irrigate 29.4 acres of land in said Sec. 6. trom Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. . Said water to be diverted from Mud Spring Wash at a point N. 8123'. W. from the EJ4 Cor. of Sec. 6, T. 39 S., R. 12 W. and used to irrigate 9.42 acres of land embraced in said Sec. 6. • ¦. from Jan. 1 to Dec, 31. Said water to be diverted from Waterfall Canyon at a point 1650 ft. E. of a point 346 ft. N. of the SW Cor. of the NWJ of Sec. 5, T. 39 S., R. 12 W., and conveyed by means of a ditch for a distance of 3630 ft. and there used to irrigate 120 acres of" land embraced in the W]/2 of the NW% and the NW4 of the SWJ4 of Sec. 5, T. and R. aforesaid. from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Part of said water will be diverted from Ash Creek, at a point which lies N. 52° E. 2390 ft. from NW Cor. Sec. 30, T. 39 S., R. 12 W. The balance of said water will be diverted from Peters Leap Creek, at a point which lies S. 48°55' W. 5310 ft. from E% Cor. of Sec. 25, T. 39 S., R. 13 W. The water so diverted wlil be conveyed by means of two ditches aggregating 6507 ft. in length and there used to irrigate 120 acres of land embraced in Sec. 25, T. 39 S., R. 13 W. from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Said water to be diverted from Leap Creek at a point S. 48°55' W. 5310 ft. from EJ4 Cor. Sec. 25 and used to irrigate 16.9 acres in the NW'4 NEJ4 Sec. 36 and SW% SEJ4 Sec. 25, T. 39 S., R .13 W. Said water to be diverted from Leap Creek at a point which bears N. 37° W. 9675 ft. from the NW Cor. of Sec. 36, T. 39 S., R. 13 W. and conveyed by means of a ditch for a distance of 14,000 ft. and there used to irrigate 1760 acres of unsurveyed land embraced approximately in Sees. 26 and 35, also the SW^4 of Sec. 25 and ~W]/i of Sec. 36, T. 39 §., R. 13 W. from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Said water to be diverted from Ash Creek into the North Ash Creek Ditch at a point 1530 ft. N. and 330 ft. E. of the N}4 Cor. of Sec. 1, T. 40 S., R. 13 W. and used to irrigate 6.5 acres of land embraced in the E^l NW;\ said Sec. 1. from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Said water to be diverted from South Ash Creek into the Bellevue Town Ditch at a point which bears S. 74°51' W. 7895.86 ft. from the NW Cor. of Sec. 1, T. 40 S., R. 13 W., from where it will be conveyed by means of a flume and a ditch for a distance of approximately 14,520 ft. and there used during the period to irrigate 176.0 acres embraced in lots 3, 4, 5, WJ4 NWtf Sec. 1; E'/2 NE# Sec. 2, T. 40 S., R. 13 W; S/2 SWH, SWJ4 SE4, Sec. 36, T. 39 S., R. 13 W.
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Source	Original book: Utah exhibits [of the] State of Arizona, complainant, v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego, and County of San Diego, defendants, United States of America and State of Nevada, interveners, State of New Mexico and State of Utah, parties
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