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CHAMBERS LAKE RES
Structure dossier · WDID 0303679 · 3 · JOE WRIGHT CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:04 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 1862-03-01 — 59th 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: PETERSON LAKE RES (1862-03-01). Immediately behind: BARNES MEADOW RESERVOIR (1862-03-01).
Decreed rights (14)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 6649.0 | 1868-03-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 8480.0 | 1873-03-20 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 10318.0 | 1878-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 11438.0 | 1881-04-25 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 11881.0 | 1882-07-12 | 1886-10-12 | 3080.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 15194.0 | 1891-08-07 | 1896-10-30 | 11478.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 22062.0 | 1910-05-28 | 1922-04-22 | 3577.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 23646.0 | 1914-09-28 | 1945-12-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOALL | |
| 26634.0 | 1922-12-03 | 1945-12-18 | 2197.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 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 | |
| 61468.0 | 2018-04-17 | 2018-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGCUR |
Legal record & documents
119 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
18CW3076, 17CW3057, 11CW0265, 03CW0422, 03CW0421, CA5362, 87CW0332, 07CW0190, CA2031, CA1247 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
18CW3076 | 19 | 2018-12-31 | O, S |
17CW3057 | 19 | 2018-12-31 | O, S |
11CW0265 | 27 | 2011-12-31 | O, S |
03CW0422 | 19 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
03CW0421 | 17 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
CA5362 | 1 | 1945-12-18 | S |
87CW0332 | 6 | 1945-12-18 | O, S |
07CW0190 | 8 | 1945-12-18 | O, S |
CA2031 | 1 | 1922-04-22 | S |
CA1247 | 1 | 1896-10-30 | O |
CA0320 | 1 | 1886-10-12 | 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 7,296 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 768 AF — 10% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,321 | 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 9,309 | 245 | 119.8 |
| 2011 | 14,725 | 14th lowest of 15 · 202% of median | 10,750 | 251 | 250.1 |
| 2012 | 8,443 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 14,168 | 264 | 118.5 |
| 2013 | 14,837 | 15th lowest of 15 · 203% of median | 9,360 | 305 | 186.5 |
| 2014 | 8,362 | 9th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 7,027 | 283 | 216.0 |
| 2015 | 6,940 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 10,543 | 293 | 100.0 |
| 2016 | 7,296 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 8,626 | 226 | 84.0 |
| 2017 | 3,036 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 5,862 | 121 | 91.3 |
| 2018 | 6,099 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 9,629 | 230 | 195.6 |
| 2019 | 9,810 | 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 8,687 | 251 | 108.2 |
| 2020 | 9,834 | 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 7,466 | 258 | 270.0 |
| 2021 | 10,220 | 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 6,864 | 151 | 198.0 |
| 2022 | 841 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 12% of median | 5,423 | 88 | 16.6 |
| 2023 | 6,147 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 6,852 | 188 | 218.1 |
| 2024 | 768 | 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median | 6,095 | 63 | 17.2 |
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 A (9/10 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 | 14 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 13222 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1972-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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