The official location page places Fort Yuma–Quechan at the meeting of California, Arizona, and Baja California. Other records explain the legal and physical history behind that brief description.
The agency summary connects decades of Colorado River litigation. The primary decisions clarify two dates that its compressed narrative gets wrong.
The Quechan chapter moves from legal entitlement to the practical uses of water. Its historical averages and scenarios must remain tied to their dates and assumptions.
The agency map combines geography, infrastructure, and fire-management information. Its draft label, stated purpose, and different acreage figure are essential parts of its meaning.
The March 27 decree supplied the final judicial approval and brought decades of operative provisions into one reference. Its water terms must be read with the settlement agreements and their qualifications.
After the Fort Yuma claims survived the 2000 decision, the parties reached separate California and Arizona agreements. The Special Master recommended approval and submitted the terms for judicial action.
The Supreme Court's October decree implemented settlements for the Colorado River and Fort Mojave reservations. Quechan's additional Fort Yuma claims remained on a separate path toward resolution.
The Court rejected two asserted barriers to the Quechan Tribe's additional water claims and ordered further proceedings. It did not yet enter the final settlement award.
Arizona, California, and two water districts sought to block the additional Fort Yuma claims through the earlier water litigation. The Court later rejected that defense as untimely raised.
The Tribe challenged the use of an earlier settlement to block adjudication of disputed reservation lands and their associated water rights. Its own filing belongs beside the federal and state accounts.
Federal lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reject the Special Master's reading of an earlier judgment and allow the disputed Fort Yuma water-rights claims to be heard.
The Federal Register notice reissued Interior's boundary determination after compiling third-party interests. Its exceptions and implementation provisions are part of the action, not fine print to discard.
