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Structure dossier · WDID 0103570 · 3 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:09 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 1909-01-15 — 503rd 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: VAN WYKE WELL 2 (1908-12-31). Immediately behind: SIDES R OUTLET DITCH (1909-03-06).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21564.0 | 1909-01-15 | 1914-01-15 | 9183.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRRECFISOTHRCH | |
| 31423.29219 | 1929-12-31 | 1965-06-08 | 9183.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRRECFISOTHRCH |
Legal record & documents
5 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
W2704, CA16704, CA2142, CA0433.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W2704 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
CA16704 | 1 | 1965-06-08 | S |
CA2142 | 2 | 1914-01-15 | O, S |
CA0433 | 1 | 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 9,769 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 7,916 AF — 81% of that, and 7th 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 | 16,493 | 14th lowest of 15 · 169% of median | 627 | 116 | 248.0 |
| 2011 | 11,912 | 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 944 | 173 | 138.3 |
| 2012 | 2,220 | 1st lowest of 15 · 23% of median | 185 | 18 | 148.0 |
| 2013 | 14,683 | 13th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | — | 41 | 449.1 |
| 2014 | 12,650 | 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 328 | 156 | 202.3 |
| 2015 | 9,769 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 156 | 149.8 |
| 2016 | 7,688 | 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | — | 145 | 136.3 |
| 2017 | 7,362 | 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | — | 131 | 168.1 |
| 2018 | 7,703 | 6th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | — | 103 | 188.9 |
| 2019 | 10,914 | 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | — | 148 | 143.8 |
| 2020 | 3,268 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 34% of median | — | 44 | 104.2 |
| 2021 | 13,988 | 12th lowest of 15 · 143% of median | — | 146 | 153.8 |
| 2022 | 7,141 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 73% of median | — | 66 | 153.7 |
| 2023 | 18,689 | 15th lowest of 15 · 191% of median | — | 247 | 156.7 |
| 2024 | 7,916 | 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | — | 305 | 171.7 |
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 | 4353 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 38% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2024 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.