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MITCHELL WELL 2-21035-2
Structure dossier · WDID 0109224 · 2 · 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 1887-06-18 — 91st 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: WALKER WELL 3-13889 (1887-06-18). Immediately behind: DEANE WELL 1-82285 (1887-06-30).
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 | |
| 35428.0 | 1946-12-31 | 1972-06-29 | 2.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
4 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
W2031, CA16704, CA17282.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W2031 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | O |
CA16704 | 1 | 1972-06-29 | O |
CA17282 | 2 | 1914-01-15 | O, 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 181 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 256 AF — 141% of that, and 11th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 51 | 5th lowest of 15 · 28% of median | 62 | 2.4 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 4% of median | 8 | 2.3 |
| 2010 | 7 | 1st lowest of 15 · 4% of median | 9 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | 21 | 4th lowest of 15 · 12% of median | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2012 | 658 | 15th lowest of 15 · 364% of median | 136 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | 201 | 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 77 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 109 | 7th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 23 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 288 | 12th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 63 | 6.5 |
| 2018 | 181 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 62 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 226 | 10th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 93 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 493 | 13th lowest of 15 · 272% of median | 93 | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 649 | 14th lowest of 15 · 359% of median | 154 | 5.8 |
| 2022 | 105 | 6th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 88 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 12 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 7% of median | 93 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 256 | 11th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 305 | 2.8 |
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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1286 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 29% of the irrigation seasons in 2004-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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