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Structure dossier · WDID 0500532 · 1 · SAINT VRAIN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:10 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 1862-04-15 — 30th most senior of the 1289 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: TRUE WEBSTER DITCH (1862-04-01). Immediately behind: CLOUGH/TRUE DITCH (1862-04-15).
Decreed rights (10)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4488.0 | 1862-04-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4518.0 | 1862-05-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4657.0 | 1862-10-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4853.0 | 1863-04-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 7822.0 | 1871-06-01 | 1883-02-21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 19271.0 | 1902-10-06 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 19273.0 | 1902-10-08 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 20890.19756 | 1904-02-03 | 1926-06-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 22108.0 | 1910-07-13 | 1926-06-01 | 375.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 29219.0 | 1929-12-31 | 1951-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL |
Legal record & documents
14 decreed actions on record across
8 court cases:
22CW3194, 19CW3235, 02CW0382, 87CW0253, CA6673, 87CW0231, 87CW0222, 01CW0188.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
22CW3194 | 1 | 2002-12-31 | S |
19CW3235 | 2 | 2002-12-31 | S |
02CW0382 | 1 | 2002-12-31 | S |
87CW0253 | 2 | 1951-07-23 | S |
CA6673 | 1 | 1926-06-01 | S |
87CW0231 | 2 | 1926-06-01 | O, S |
87CW0222 | 1 | 1907-03-13 | S |
01CW0188 | 4 | 1882-06-02 | 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 1,093 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,093 AF — 100% of that, and 8th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2,274 | 12th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | 87 | 80.0 |
| 2007 | 1,070 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 16 | 45.0 |
| 2010 | 778 | 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 26 | 22.0 |
| 2011 | 1,629 | 9th lowest of 15 · 149% of median | 76 | 18.0 |
| 2012 | 276 | 1st lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 8 | 24.0 |
| 2015 | 1,028 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 11 | 70.0 |
| 2016 | 2,271 | 11th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | 71 | 50.0 |
| 2017 | 2,440 | 13th lowest of 15 · 223% of median | 22 | 60.0 |
| 2018 | 290 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 16 | 10.0 |
| 2019 | 3,025 | 15th lowest of 15 · 277% of median | 69 | 45.0 |
| 2020 | 1,914 | 10th lowest of 15 · 175% of median | 17 | 90.0 |
| 2021 | 2,955 | 14th lowest of 15 · 270% of median | 28 | 60.0 |
| 2022 | 486 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 10 | 30.0 |
| 2023 | 873 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 12 | 40.0 |
| 2024 | 1,093 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 45 | 15.0 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 100.0% of a median season / 56.5% 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 B (7/10 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 | 10 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 813 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 15% of the irrigation seasons in 1998-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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