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LOWER PLATTE BEAVER D
Structure dossier · WDID 0100518 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:07 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.
Which of its rights are out of priority?
Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1882-09-04 — 37th most senior of the 7705 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..
Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: FRED BACHMAN DITCH 3 (1882-07-03). Immediately behind: FT MORGAN CANAL (1882-10-18).
Decreed rights (7)
| Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. | AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. | AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. | AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. | ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11935.0 | 1882-09-04 | 1895-11-21 | 38.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 13985.0 | 1888-04-15 | 1895-11-21 | 284.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 44723.0 | 1972-06-12 | 1972-12-31 | 104.0 | 218.0 | C | AUGRCH | |
| 47224.0 | 1979-04-18 | 1979-12-31 | 322.0 | 0.0 | C | STORCH | |
| 48577.0 | 1982-12-31 | 1982-12-31 | 322.0 | 0.0 | C | STORCH | |
| 51488.0 | 1990-12-20 | 1990-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 55890.0 | 2003-01-08 | 2003-12-31 | 84.0 | 238.0 | C | RCH |
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
10 court cases:
16CW3111, 03CW0443, 90CW0183, 82CW0390, W8438, 79CW0184, W2969, 89CW0103, 10CW0044, CA0433.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
16CW3111 | 4 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
03CW0443 | 4 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
90CW0183 | 1 | 1990-12-31 | O |
82CW0390 | 1 | 1982-12-31 | S |
W8438 | 1 | 1979-12-31 | S |
79CW0184 | 1 | 1979-12-31 | S |
W2969 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
89CW0103 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
10CW0044 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
CA0433 | 2 | 1895-11-21 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 37,240 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 43,352 AF — 116% of that, and 15th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.) | Compared with its own record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 37,240 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 238 | 157.0 |
| 2011 | 40,487 | 12th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 239 | 195.0 |
| 2012 | 30,124 | 1st lowest of 15 · 81% of median | — | 237 | 203.1 |
| 2013 | 31,214 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 84% of median | — | 208 | 191.9 |
| 2014 | 39,737 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | — | 254 | 1836.0 |
| 2015 | 37,766 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 212 | 171.0 |
| 2016 | 36,677 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | — | 234 | 157.0 |
| 2017 | 40,662 | 13th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 234 | 179.0 |
| 2018 | 38,372 | 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | — | 243 | 167.0 |
| 2019 | 40,674 | 14th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 226 | 195.0 |
| 2020 | 33,598 | 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | — | 224 | 176.0 |
| 2021 | 35,720 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | — | 234 | 175.0 |
| 2022 | 33,094 | 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 243 | 192.0 |
| 2023 | 32,685 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 88% of median | — | 242 | 185.0 |
| 2024 | 43,352 | 15th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | — | 305 | 183.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 14242 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 89% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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