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POUDRE VALLEY CANAL
Structure dossier · WDID 0300907 · 1 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:07 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 1861-06-01 — 3rd most senior of the 2961 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: NORTH POUDRE SUPPLY CNL (1861-06-01). Immediately behind: GREELEY FILTERS PIPELINE (1861-06-01).
Decreed rights (40)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4170.0 | 1861-06-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 4179.0 | 1861-06-10 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 4443.0 | 1862-03-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 5372.0 | 1864-09-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 6026.0 | 1866-07-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 6483.0 | 1867-10-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 6649.0 | 1868-03-15 | 1882-04-11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 6727.0 | 1868-06-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 7092.0 | 1869-06-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 7184.0 | 1869-09-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 7599.0 | 1870-10-21 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 7761.0 | 1871-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 7953.0 | 1871-10-10 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 8218.0 | 1872-07-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 8237.0 | 1872-07-20 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 8480.0 | 1873-03-20 | 1882-04-11 | 28.51 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 8492.0 | 1873-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 8645.0 | 1873-09-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 8659.0 | 1873-09-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 9236.0 | 1875-04-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 10318.0 | 1878-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 10788.0 | 1879-07-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 11003.0 | 1880-02-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 11438.0 | 1881-04-25 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 15716.0 | 1893-01-10 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 21392.0 | 1908-07-27 | 1922-04-22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 23646.0 | 1914-09-28 | 1945-12-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 26409.23646 | 1914-09-28 | 1945-12-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 35050.08218 | 1872-07-01 | 1953-09-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 35050.08492 | 1873-04-01 | 1953-09-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 35050.10736 | 1879-05-24 | 1953-09-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 35050.11003 | 1880-02-15 | 1953-09-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 46751.20669 | 1906-08-04 | 1978-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 47604.0 | 1980-05-02 | 1980-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 52210.0 | 1992-12-11 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 52217.0 | 1992-12-18 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 52218.0 | 1992-12-19 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 400.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 55152.0 | 2000-12-31 | 2000-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD | |
| 56224.0 | 2003-12-08 | 2003-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 59161.0 | 2011-12-23 | 2011-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN |
Legal record & documents
153 decreed actions on record across
18 court cases:
11CW0265, 05CW0323, 03CW0422, 03CW0421, 00CW0251, 92CW0158, 92CW0130, 92CW0129, 03CW0405, 07CW0190 and 8 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
11CW0265 | 12 | 2011-12-31 | S |
05CW0323 | 35 | 2005-12-31 | O, S |
03CW0422 | 13 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
03CW0421 | 10 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
00CW0251 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
92CW0158 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
92CW0130 | 7 | 1992-12-31 | S |
92CW0129 | 35 | 1992-12-31 | O, S |
03CW0405 | 1 | 1980-12-31 | S |
07CW0190 | 8 | 1945-12-18 | O, S |
CA2031 | 4 | 1930-05-03 | S |
84CW0204 | 2 | 1930-05-03 | S |
05/03/1930 | 2 | 1930-05-03 | S |
W1424 | 13 | 1882-04-11 | O |
CA3791 | 2 | 1882-04-11 | O |
CA2378 | 2 | 1882-04-11 | O |
86CW0393 | 1 | 1882-04-11 | O |
08CW0277 | 4 | 1882-04-11 | 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 9,333 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15,432 | 11th lowest of 15 · 165% of median | 126 | 250.0 |
| 2011 | 12,061 | 10th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 55 | 231.0 |
| 2012 | 2,402 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 31 | 106.0 |
| 2013 | 40,566 | 15th lowest of 15 · 435% of median | 91 | 365.0 |
| 2014 | 8,659 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 34 | 229.7 |
| 2015 | 5,734 | 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 27 | 286.0 |
| 2016 | 8,023 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 28 | 207.0 |
| 2017 | 21,491 | 13th lowest of 15 · 230% of median | 161 | 274.0 |
| 2018 | 7,169 | 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 65 | 200.0 |
| 2019 | 15,816 | 12th lowest of 15 · 170% of median | 58 | 246.0 |
| 2020 | 9,333 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 51 | 215.0 |
| 2021 | 24,676 | 14th lowest of 15 · 264% of median | 92 | 290.9 |
| 2022 | 9,863 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 60 | 235.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 18 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 18 | 0.0 |
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 (8/10 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 | 40 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 7175 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 45% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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