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MITCHELL WELL 1-21035-1
Structure dossier · WDID 0107703 · 2 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:46 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1887-06-18 — 83rd 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: LOOSE WELL 1-R0-1153 (1887-06-18). Immediately behind: PETERSON WELL 1-R10383 (1887-06-18).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13683.0 | 1887-06-18 | 1895-11-21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 19009.0 | 1902-01-17 | 1914-01-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 24105.0 | 1915-12-31 | 1972-12-31 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 33145.0 | 1940-09-30 | 1972-06-29 | 2.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 14 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 146 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 155 AF — 106% of that, and 9th lowest of the 14 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 32 | 3rd lowest of 14 · 22% of median | 11 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | 143 | 7th lowest of 14 · 98% of median | 120 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 63 | 5th lowest of 14 · 43% of median | 22 | 1.9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2nd lowest of 14 · 5% of median | 4 | 2.3 |
| 2012 | 500 | 13th lowest of 14 · 341% of median | 102 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | 198 | 11th lowest of 14 · 135% of median | 86 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 69 | 6th lowest of 14 · 47% of median | 18 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 150 | 8th lowest of 14 · 102% of median | 31 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 553 | 14th lowest of 14 · 378% of median | 93 | 5.8 |
| 2020 | 200 | 12th lowest of 14 · 136% of median | 93 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 158 | 10th lowest of 14 · 108% of median | 125 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 58 | 4th lowest of 14 · 40% of median | 39 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 155 | 9th lowest of 14 · 106% of median | 305 | 1.8 |
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