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Structure dossier · WDID 0302201 · 0 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:48 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 1977-06-09 — 2405th 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: KELLY FLATS CAMPGROUND WELL (1976-09-20). Immediately behind: DIXON WELL NO 4-111981 (1977-07-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46546.0 | 1977-06-09 | 1978-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISRCHWLD |
Legal record & documents
1 decreed actions on record across
1 court case:
W9460.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W9460 | 1 | 1978-12-31 | 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 283 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2006, came in at 147 AF — 52% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 265 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 337 | 62 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 320 | 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 302 | 62 | 6.6 |
| 1994 | 342 | 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median | 443 | 65 | 7.4 |
| 1995 | 460 | 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | 248 | 32 | 7.5 |
| 1996 | 239 | 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 325 | 32 | 3.9 |
| 1997 | 318 | 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 214 | 62 | 4.4 |
| 1998 | 208 | 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 292 | 73 | 1.8 |
| 1999 | 283 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 225 | 62 | 2.4 |
| 2000 | 22 | 1st lowest of 15 · 8% of median | 372 | 28 | 0.9 |
| 2001 | 455 | 13th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 325 | 79 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | 54 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 19% of median | 329 | 62 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 672 | 15th lowest of 15 · 238% of median | 323 | 155 | 5.0 |
| 2004 | 377 | 12th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 221 | 73 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | 237 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 378 | 32 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | 147 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 224 | 60 | 3.8 |
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 | 1 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1366 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 31% of the irrigation seasons in 1986-2006 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.