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LOVELAND PIPELINE
Structure dossier · WDID 0400511 · 7 · BIG THOMPSON RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:08 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 1861-11-10 — 4th most senior of the 1296 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: BIG THOMPSON DITCH & MANUFACTURING CO DI (1861-11-10). Immediately behind: FARMERS IRRIGATION CANAL (1861-11-10).
Decreed rights (24)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4332.0 | 1861-11-10 | 1883-05-28 | 222.6 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 4332.0 | 1861-11-10 | 1883-05-28 | 6.3641 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 4839.0 | 1863-04-01 | 1883-05-28 | 3.208 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 5235.0 | 1864-05-01 | 1883-05-28 | 3.4927 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 5772.0 | 1865-10-20 | 1883-05-28 | 10.7758 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 5784.0 | 1865-11-01 | 1883-05-28 | 2.7749 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 5923.0 | 1866-03-20 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISOTH | |
| 5923.0 | 1866-03-20 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISOTH | |
| 6269.0 | 1867-03-01 | 1883-05-28 | 6.1835 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 6361.0 | 1867-06-01 | 1883-05-28 | 7.002 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 7598.0 | 1870-10-20 | 1883-05-28 | 12.9582 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 7944.0 | 1871-10-01 | 1883-05-28 | 10.9963 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8157.0 | 1872-05-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.915 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8522.0 | 1873-05-01 | 1883-05-28 | 2.2083 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8575.0 | 1873-06-23 | 1883-05-28 | 11.5713 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8699.0 | 1873-10-25 | 1883-05-28 | 11.7833 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 10167.0 | 1877-11-01 | 1883-05-28 | 33.9037 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 10532.0 | 1878-11-01 | 1883-05-28 | 5.0452 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 11269.0 | 1880-11-07 | 1883-05-28 | 9.277 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 12313.0 | 1883-09-17 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0022 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 14691.13563 | 1887-02-18 | 1916-06-29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 18719.0 | 1901-04-02 | 1916-06-29 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 55881.0 | 2002-12-30 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 56247.53171 | 1995-07-30 | 2004-12-31 | 18.4 | 52.9 | C | MUNALL |
Legal record & documents
98 decreed actions on record across
16 court cases:
04CW0358, 20CW3115, 02CW0394, 02CW0393, CA4862, W7412, CA8445, CA5278, 92CW0112, 89CW0090 and 6 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
04CW0358 | 2 | 2004-12-31 | S |
20CW3115 | 1 | 2002-12-31 | S |
02CW0394 | 8 | 2002-12-31 | S |
02CW0393 | 13 | 2002-12-31 | S |
CA4862 | 2 | 1916-06-29 | S |
W7412 | 1 | 1883-05-28 | O |
CA8445 | 4 | 1883-05-28 | O |
CA5278 | 1 | 1883-05-28 | O |
92CW0112 | 3 | 1883-05-28 | O |
89CW0090 | 3 | 1883-05-28 | O |
87CW0178 | 12 | 1883-05-28 | O |
86CW0050 | 1 | 1883-05-28 | O |
82CW0202 | 20 | 1883-05-28 | O |
07CW0325 | 1 | 1883-05-28 | O |
03CW0354 | 7 | 1883-05-28 | O |
02CW0392 | 19 | 1883-05-28 | 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 4,805 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 6,191 AF — 129% of that, and 11th 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 | 4,510 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 365 | 13.6 |
| 2011 | 5,222 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 365 | 9.6 |
| 2012 | 4,114 | 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | — | 366 | 16.8 |
| 2013 | 3,102 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | — | 256 | 17.2 |
| 2014 | 2,037 | 1st lowest of 15 · 42% of median | — | 98 | 24.9 |
| 2015 | 2,579 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | — | 194 | 21.9 |
| 2016 | 3,708 | 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | — | 249 | 23.2 |
| 2017 | 6,230 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | — | 319 | 23.4 |
| 2018 | 5,164 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | — | 166 | 31.0 |
| 2019 | 6,260 | 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | — | 321 | 21.9 |
| 2020 | 6,969 | 15th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | — | 361 | 25.2 |
| 2021 | 6,550 | 14th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | — | 343 | 31.0 |
| 2022 | 4,805 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 354 | 28.7 |
| 2023 | 4,575 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | — | 342 | 24.8 |
| 2024 | 6,191 | 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | — | 302 | 27.8 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 100.0% of a median season / 61.2% dry-year.
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 | 24 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 23176 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 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.