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CARTER LAKE RES

Structure dossier · WDID 0404513 · 3 · BIG THOMPSON RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:59 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 1933-09-14 — 272nd 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: ESTES PARK FOOTHILLS PL (1933-09-14). Immediately behind: BROWNLEE WELL 122650 (1934-05-01).

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
30572.01933-09-141939-11-14 11480.027132.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECDOMOTH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 102,181 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 88,065 AF — 86% of that, and 5th 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.

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)
2010 21,707 2nd lowest of 15 · 21% of median — 45 613.8
2011 5,557 1st lowest of 15 · 5% of median 3,740 20 376.9
2012 127,983 15th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 158 200 376.0
2013 30,739 3rd lowest of 15 · 30% of median — 45 397.2
2014 94,338 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median — 199 376.7
2015 40,612 4th lowest of 15 · 40% of median — 78 307.4
2016 116,960 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 2 197 462.0
2017 98,431 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 2,261 283 376.5
2018 122,261 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 1,175 296 401.5
2019 107,892 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 1,527 258 369.5
2020 123,590 14th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 1,947 273 354.3
2021 102,181 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 2,061 226 362.3
2022 103,086 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 2,294 243 380.9
2023 121,436 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 9,736 245 384.5
2024 88,065 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 106,472 189 339.9

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