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CHURCHILL WELL 8300-R

Structure dossier · WDID 0106002 · 2 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:03 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 1889-09-03 — 300th 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: CHURCHILL WELL 8299-R (1889-09-03). Immediately behind: D & S FARMS WELL 15064-R (1889-09-03).

Decreed rights (1)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
14491.01889-09-031895-11-21 0.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 90 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 185 AF — 206% of that, and 12th lowest of the 13 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 147 11th lowest of 13 · 163% of median 57 3.1
2012 199 13th lowest of 13 · 221% of median 46 11.3
2013 88 6th lowest of 13 · 98% of median 19 3.6
2014 24 1st lowest of 13 · 27% of median 16 1.0
2016 123 10th lowest of 13 · 137% of median 65 1.4
2017 105 8th lowest of 13 · 117% of median 45 1.8
2018 73 2nd lowest of 13 · 81% of median 34 2.1
2019 86 5th lowest of 13 · 96% of median 43 1.7
2020 81 4th lowest of 13 · 90% of median 38 1.8
2021 79 3rd lowest of 13 · 88% of median 40 1.2
2022 113 9th lowest of 13 · 126% of median 48 1.4
2023 90 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 43 1.2
2024 185 12th lowest of 13 · 206% of median 79 2.1

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 573 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 20% of the irrigation seasons in 2011-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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