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WALTER S WELTON RES
Structure dossier · WDID 0203083 · RESERVOIR · CLEAR CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:44 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.
Current administration
● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1877-11-14).
● Junior rights called out — call at WESTERN MUTUAL DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1871-08-09).
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 1860-05-15 — 3rd most senior of the 21881 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: 0801015 (1860-05-01). Immediately behind: 0803405 (1860-05-15).
Decreed rights (39)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3788.0 | 1860-05-15 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 3789.0 | 1860-05-16 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 3792.0 | 1860-05-19 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 3804.0 | 1860-05-31 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 3818.0 | 1860-06-14 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 3835.0 | 1860-07-01 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 3896.0 | 1860-08-31 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 4151.0 | 1861-05-13 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 4152.0 | 1861-05-14 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4171.0 | 1861-06-02 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4180.0 | 1861-06-11 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4535.0 | 1862-06-01 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4554.0 | 1862-06-20 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 4896.0 | 1863-05-28 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 4919.0 | 1863-06-20 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 5295.0 | 1864-06-30 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 5538.0 | 1865-02-28 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 5592.0 | 1865-04-23 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 5615.0 | 1865-05-16 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 7449.0 | 1870-05-24 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 7712.0 | 1871-02-11 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 8127.0 | 1872-04-01 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 9121.0 | 1874-12-21 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 10184.0 | 1877-11-18 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 10546.0 | 1878-11-15 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 11647.0 | 1881-11-20 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 12136.0 | 1883-03-24 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 13240.0 | 1886-04-01 | 1895-10-09 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 16549.0 | 1895-04-23 | 1895-10-09 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 16718.04932 | 1863-07-03 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 16718.08127 | 1872-04-01 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUN | |
| 16718.10184 | 1877-11-18 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 16718.13224 | 1886-03-16 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 16718.13966 | 1888-03-27 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 18415.0 | 1900-06-02 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 19055.0 | 1902-03-04 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 20281.0 | 1905-07-12 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 53508.0 | 1996-07-01 | 1996-12-31 | 1710.84 | 8289.16 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD | |
| 53508.0 | 1996-07-01 | 1996-12-31 | 50.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD |
Legal record & documents
77 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
96CW0534, 20CW3014, 12CW0126, 04CW0258, 99CW0208, 94CW0036, 13CW0017, 12CW0303, 09CW0107, 02CW0226 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
96CW0534 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
20CW3014 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
12CW0126 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
04CW0258 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
99CW0208 | 1 | 1936-05-13 | S |
94CW0036 | 9 | 1936-05-13 | O, S |
13CW0017 | 16 | 1936-05-13 | O, S |
12CW0303 | 25 | 1936-05-13 | O, S |
09CW0107 | 16 | 1936-05-13 | O, S |
02CW0226 | 3 | 1884-10-04 | O |
01CW0056 | 3 | 1884-10-04 | 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 7 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 512 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 219 AF — 43% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1,314 | 7th lowest of 7 · 257% of median | 79 | 24.4 |
| 2014 | 512 | 4th lowest of 7 · 100% of median | 31 | 14.8 |
| 2015 | 504 | 3rd lowest of 7 · 98% of median | 29 | 9.6 |
| 2016 | 1,040 | 5th lowest of 7 · 203% of median | 62 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 1,254 | 6th lowest of 7 · 245% of median | 66 | 12.2 |
| 2018 | 177 | 1st lowest of 7 · 35% of median | 12 | 11.8 |
| 2019 | 219 | 2nd lowest of 7 · 43% of median | 14 | 10.0 |
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 | 39 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 293 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 22% of the irrigation seasons in 2013-2019 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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