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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In the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District in and for Washington County, State of Utah ST. GEORGE AND WASHINGTON CANAL COMPANY, a Corporation, Plaintiffs, vs. HURRICANE CANAL COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendants. The State Engineer has respectfully shown the Court and the Court has made part of its Decree in this action the following: That under the provisions of Chapter 67, Session Laws of Utah, 1919, 1921, the State Engineer is required, in the above entitled case, to make a determination 'of all rights to the use of water from1 that part of the Virgin River System which is in the State of Utah. II. That the Virgin River Basin embraces parts of Kane and Iron Counties and practically all of Washington County, in Utah and parts or all of Mo-have County, State of Arizona and Lincoln County, State of Nevada. The headwaters of the Virgin River come from two sources, namely the East Fork (the upper part of which is known as Long Valley Creek) and the North Fork. The former rises in and flows through the Western part of Kane County, Utah, and the latter rises in the southeastern part of Iron County and the northeastern part of Washington County, Utah. These forks join near Springdale, Utah, to form the Virgin River. From this point the river flows westerly to its junction with Ash and La Verkin Creeks near the Town of Hurricane, whence it flows southwesterly to the Utah-Arizona State Boundary Line. Its most important tributaries in Utah, below Ash Creek, are Quail Creek, which flows into the river near Harrisburg, Utah, and the Santa Clara River, which joins the Virgin River about three miles south of St. George, Utah. The Beaver Dam Wash is a stream flowing southward through the extreme western part of Washington County, Utah. Its junction with the Virgin River is near Littlefield, Arizona. III. That the rights to the use of water from Kan-arra Creek, Quail Creek and the Santa Clara River, Decreed Schedule of Water Rights all of which are tributary to the Virgin River System, have been determined in previous cases as follows: For Kanarra Creek:-R. E. Caldwell, State Engineer, vs. David L. Davis, et. al. For Quail Creek, R. E. Caldwell, State Engineer. vs. Brigham Carpenter, et. al. For Santa Clara River, St. George Clara Field Canal Co., a Corporation, vs. Newcastle Reclamation Co., a Corporation, et. al. Therefore rights to the use of water from the above named streams are not included in this determination. That after a full consideration of the claims, surveys, records and files and after a personal examination of the said Virgin River System the State Engineer has formulated a proposed determination of all the rights to the use of water from the said Virgin River System in Utah, with the exceptions noted in Paragraph III hereof, and his proposed determination, amended and corrected by stipulations duly filed in this action and by hearings had, and as now decreed is hereinafter set forth. ARRANGEMENT AND INDEX The rights are arranged in geographical order from the source of the said system to the State Boundary Line between Utah and Arizona. At the end of the determination is an alphabetical index list of the names of all companies, associations and persons that have been made parties defendant in this case. PRIORITIES AND RIGHTS The date of priority and the amount of water each party to this suit is entitled to use, as hereinafter set out was determined from statements contained in the water users' claims, duly filed in this case, from "Virgin River Hydrographic Survey Records" made by the State Engineer, from records of applications to appropriate water from the Virgin River System on file in the State Engineer's Office, and from field investigations made