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HIGHLAND RES 2
Structure dossier · WDID 0504032 · 3 · SAINT VRAIN CREEK · 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 1881-11-15 — 122nd 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: LYKINS GULCH DITCH (1881-05-15). Immediately behind: HIGHLAND RES 3 (1881-11-15).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11642.0 | 1881-11-15 | 1883-02-21 | 1650.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 11841.09967 | 1877-04-15 | 1907-03-13 | 14.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 14424.0 | 1889-06-28 | 1890-03-22 | 1085.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 20067.0 | 1904-12-10 | 1907-03-13 | 7.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 28031.0 | 1926-09-30 | 1951-07-23 | 972.8 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 29219.0 | 1929-12-31 | 1951-07-23 | 2740.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR |
Legal record & documents
7 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
CA11715, CA4790, CA2409, CA1309.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA11715 | 3 | 1951-07-23 | S |
CA4790 | 2 | 1907-03-13 | S |
CA2409 | 1 | 1890-03-22 | S |
CA1309 | 1 | 1883-02-21 | 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 1,944 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2011, came in at 1,944 AF — 100% of that, and 1st lowest of the 1 year 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | — | no recorded volume | 1,734 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1,944 | 1st lowest of 1 · 100% of median | 6,990 | 16 | 70.0 |
| 2012 | — | no recorded volume | 48,872 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | — | no recorded volume | 27,774 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | — | no recorded volume | 51,140 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | — | no recorded volume | 41,565 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | — | no recorded volume | 47,916 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | — | no recorded volume | 49,401 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | — | no recorded volume | 37,449 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | — | no recorded volume | 47,633 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | — | no recorded volume | 46,579 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | — | no recorded volume | 20,102 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | — | no recorded volume | 19,387 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | — | no recorded volume | 13,442 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | — | no recorded volume | 26,438 | 0 | — |
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 | 6 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1427 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 13% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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