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BERNHARDT RESERVOIRS

Structure dossier · WDID 0403395 · 3 · BIG THOMPSON RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 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 2002-11-19 — 1214th 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: BERNHARDT PUMP (2002-11-19). Immediately behind: MILLIKEN WELL 3-59961 (2002-12-11).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
55840.02002-11-192002-12-31 367.22632.8 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGOTHWLD

Recorded use (last 10 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 136 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 136 AF — 100% of that, and 5th lowest of the 9 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2013 367 7th lowest of 9 · 270% of median — 18 12.1
2014 42 1st lowest of 9 · 31% of median — 7 6.0
2015 125 3rd lowest of 9 · 92% of median — 18 16.1
2016 131 4th lowest of 9 · 96% of median — 17 10.2
2018 70 2nd lowest of 9 · 52% of median — 24 2.5
2019 884 9th lowest of 9 · 650% of median 574 95 9.5
2020 234 6th lowest of 9 · 172% of median 558 59 4.6
2021 — no recorded volume 139 0 —
2023 405 8th lowest of 9 · 298% of median 212 3 107.1
2024 136 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median — 9 19.2

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.