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BIJOU KIOWA CR RCHRG A
Structure dossier · WDID 0102036 · RA · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:24 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 1981-12-17 — 3846th 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: BIJOU MILLIRON DRAW RCHG A (1981-12-17). Immediately behind: HALLS LAKE 1 (1903-12-31).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48198.0 | 1981-12-17 | 1981-12-31 | 2400.0 | 0.0 | A | AUGRCH | |
| 48278.0 | 1982-03-07 | 1981-12-31 | 5000.0 | 0.0 | A | AUGRCH |
Legal record & documents
10 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
93CW0024, 81CW0382, 14CW3093, 09CW0181, W2704.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
93CW0024 | 2 | 1981-12-31 | S |
81CW0382 | 2 | 1981-12-31 | S |
14CW3093 | 1 | 1981-12-31 | S |
09CW0181 | 4 | 1981-12-31 | S |
W2704 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
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 4,066 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 3,493 AF — 86% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,399 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 113 | 52.5 |
| 2011 | 5,019 | 12th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 101 | 47.8 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1st lowest of 15 · 3% of median | 3 | 30.6 |
| 2013 | 2,694 | 5th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 69 | 44.2 |
| 2014 | 6,751 | 15th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 192 | 44.0 |
| 2015 | 5,994 | 14th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 176 | 83.2 |
| 2016 | 4,785 | 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 117 | 39.3 |
| 2017 | 4,453 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 103 | 81.4 |
| 2018 | 5,082 | 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 99 | 48.4 |
| 2019 | 4,066 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 95 | 47.3 |
| 2020 | 449 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 11% of median | 22 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 3,255 | 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 83 | 34.7 |
| 2022 | 862 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 43 | 26.4 |
| 2023 | 1,264 | 4th lowest of 15 · 31% of median | 56 | 31.3 |
| 2024 | 3,493 | 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 106 | 27.1 |
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 B (7/10 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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2208 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 25% of the irrigation seasons in 1982-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.