Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 037 - Engineer, State › Sub-Agency 0007 - Board of Control - Water Administration › Chapter 5 - PETITION INFORMATION › Section 5-5 - Maps and Surveys

Current through July 13, 2024
a. Petition maps
				must be on good quality tracing linen or an acceptable equivalent. All maps to
				be filed in the office of the State Board of Control shall conform with the
				Regulations and Instructions of the State Engineer's Office. Particular
				attention shall be accorded the land grid which is used on maps accompanying
				petitions, which shall agree with the current U.S. Government survey plat as to
				lotting and other subdivision identification. Sufficient information should be
				placed on the map to clearly show what is proposed in the petition. This can be
				done by use of a proper map title, a detailed map legend, proper land ownership
				and explanatory notes and labels as needed.
b. The same map used for an application for
				permit to the State Engineer and/or a petition to the State Engineer may
				accompany a petition to the State Board of Control when it is feasible to show
				all the required information on one map. In such a situation, the map title
				shall reflect that the map supports two or more proposals by identifying each
				in detail. The original shall be filed with the State Engineer, while a paper
				print may be filed with the State Board of Control.
c. All maps in support of petitions must bear
				the certificate of a professional engineer or professional land surveyor
				licensed to practice in Wyoming.
d.
				Maps shall be prepared from field notes and a survey and shall reflect the true
				conditions on the ground. The survey may be supplemented by information from
				aerial photographs and the records of the State Board of Control and State
				Engineer. However, such supplemental information is not to be substituted for a
				survey made on the ground. Because most petitions to the State Board of Control
				deal with lands which are irrigated in whole or in part, the certificate should
				reflect what lands shown on the map are in fact irrigated. A statement that
				lands have been irrigated, or could be irrigated, or are irrigable, is not
				acceptable. The Board must know the true situation on the ground which exists
				at the time the map is prepared. For example, if part of the lands in the
				original adjudication lie above a ditch and have not historically been
				irrigated, or are not now being irrigated, the map should portray this
				situation, which should also be reflected in the certificate. The same type of
				information is generally required when ground water appropriations are
				involved.
e. Maps must not be
				folded.
f. If a special situation
				arises which does not appear to be compatible with the map requirements
				outlined above, specific written permission from the ex-officio secretary of
				the Board should be obtained in order to deviate from these map requirements.
				Such a permission letter must be transmitted with the petition and map when
				they are filed.
g. When a delivery
				system (means of conveyance) becomes so complicated in the view of the division
				superintendent that it hampers water administration, the division
				superintendent may require that a petition to describe or change the means of
				conveyance be filed.
h. All maps
				which accompany petitions for change of water rights shall:
(1) Show by proper cross-hatching the
				location within 40-acre subdivisions the lands from which the water right is
				being removed and/or the lands which are affected by the change. Do not use
				symbols. If necessary, show two views, one as presently irrigated, and one as
				proposed to be amended.
(2) Show
				all ditches, pipelines and other means of conveyance needed to support the
				petition.
(3) Show by tie from a
				found corner of the public land survey the location of all points of diversion,
				wells, pumps, and pivot points for circular sprinklers.
(4) The legend which corresponds with the
				appropriate cross-hatching shall clearly state the right involved and how it is
				to be amended.
(5) All landmarks
				and physical features such as highways, railroads, streams, etc., shall also be
				shown on the map.
(6) Indicate the
				location of points of diversion, reservoir outlets, wells, pumps and pivot
				points by latitude and longitude.
(7) Delineate ownership boundaries of lands
				described in the petition, and all other ownership boundaries required by the
				proposed petition.