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CACHE LA POUDRE RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 0303775 · 3 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:23 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 1865-04-10 — 73rd 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: RIGDEN STORAGE RESERVOIR (1865-04-10). Immediately behind: KOMER PIT M-1997-076 (1866-04-15).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5579.0 | 1865-04-10 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGCUR | |
| 5579.0 | 1865-04-10 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNAUGCUR | |
| 5904.0 | 1866-03-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGCUR | |
| 6354.0 | 1867-05-25 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGCUR | |
| 6757.0 | 1868-07-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGCUR | |
| 15417.0 | 1892-03-17 | 1904-12-09 | 8379.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOMAUGCURRCH | |
| 20066.19327 | 1902-12-01 | 1922-04-22 | 1740.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRAUGCURRCH | |
| 35050.27027 | 1923-12-31 | 1953-09-10 | 5948.0 | 4171.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRAUGCURRCH | |
| 60204.0 | 2014-10-31 | 2013-12-31 | 0.0 | 51.29 | A | MUNAUGRCH |
Legal record & documents
75 decreed actions on record across
12 court cases:
13CW3026, 09CW0282, CA11217, 16CW3195, 14CW3046, 08CW0178, 08CW0077, 08CW0063, 06CW0295, CA2031 and 2 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
13CW3026 | 18 | 2013-12-31 | O, S |
09CW0282 | 1 | 2009-12-31 | O |
CA11217 | 2 | 1953-09-10 | S |
16CW3195 | 8 | 1953-09-10 | O, S |
14CW3046 | 8 | 1953-09-10 | O, S |
08CW0178 | 8 | 1953-09-10 | O, S |
08CW0077 | 8 | 1953-09-10 | O, S |
08CW0063 | 8 | 1953-09-10 | O, S |
06CW0295 | 8 | 1953-09-10 | O, S |
CA2031 | 1 | 1922-04-22 | S |
CA1591 | 1 | 1904-12-09 | O |
14CW3176 | 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 6,692 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 7,646 AF — 114% of that, and 8th lowest of the 10 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 | 7,532 | 7th lowest of 10 · 113% of median | 10,158 | 122 | 46.3 |
| 2011 | 12,246 | 9th lowest of 10 · 183% of median | 8,457 | 173 | 71.5 |
| 2012 | 3,314 | 4th lowest of 10 · 50% of median | 8,757 | 119 | 53.8 |
| 2013 | 13,563 | 10th lowest of 10 · 203% of median | 6,782 | 231 | 64.0 |
| 2014 | 1,769 | 2nd lowest of 10 · 26% of median | 1,453 | 183 | 14.3 |
| 2015 | — | no recorded volume | 6,826 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 358 | 1st lowest of 10 · 5% of median | 6,751 | 32 | 6.0 |
| 2017 | — | no recorded volume | 4,840 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 2,263 | 3rd lowest of 10 · 34% of median | 7,579 | 61 | 25.2 |
| 2019 | 7,246 | 6th lowest of 10 · 108% of median | 6,406 | 152 | 61.1 |
| 2020 | 6,138 | 5th lowest of 10 · 92% of median | 7,845 | 183 | 26.2 |
| 2021 | 7,646 | 8th lowest of 10 · 114% of median | 8,204 | 152 | 35.0 |
| 2022 | — | no recorded volume | 8,096 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | — | no recorded volume | 5,645 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | — | no recorded volume | 9,322 | 0 | — |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 10 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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 10510 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 94% of the irrigation seasons in 1972-2024 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.