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Structure dossier · WDID 0504067 · 3 · SAINT VRAIN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:00 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 — 47th 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: INDEPENDENT RES (1862-04-15). Immediately behind: CLOVER BASIN RES (1862-04-15).
Decreed rights (20)
| 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 | |
| 5996.0 | 1866-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUN | |
| 6339.0 | 1867-05-10 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 6339.0 | 1867-05-10 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 7012.0 | 1869-03-13 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUN | |
| 7640.0 | 1870-12-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUN | |
| 7822.0 | 1871-06-01 | 1883-02-21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | ALL | |
| 8464.0 | 1873-03-04 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUN | |
| 14428.0 | 1889-07-02 | 1890-03-22 | 1080.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 14700.0 | 1890-03-31 | 1907-03-13 | 357.4 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 15659.0 | 1892-11-14 | 1907-03-13 | 386.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 19271.0 | 1902-10-06 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | ALL | |
| 19273.0 | 1902-10-08 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNALL | |
| 20890.19756 | 1904-02-03 | 1926-06-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | ALL | |
| 22584.0 | 1911-11-01 | 1926-06-01 | 306.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 29219.0 | 1929-12-31 | 1951-07-23 | 272.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNALL | |
| 51134.11796 | 1882-04-18 | 1990-12-31 | 1000.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMOTH |
Legal record & documents
23 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
90CW0138, W8710, CA11715, 87CW0253, CA4790, 87CW0231, 87CW0222, 07CW0330, 01CW0188, 00CW0241 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
90CW0138 | 1 | 1990-12-31 | S |
W8710 | 1 | 1977-12-31 | S |
CA11715 | 3 | 1951-07-23 | S |
87CW0253 | 2 | 1951-07-23 | S |
CA4790 | 4 | 1926-06-01 | S |
87CW0231 | 2 | 1926-06-01 | O, S |
87CW0222 | 1 | 1907-03-13 | S |
07CW0330 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
01CW0188 | 4 | 1882-06-02 | O |
00CW0241 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
00CW0240 | 2 | 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 389 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 375 AF — 96% of that, and 7th lowest of the 14 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 498 | 10th lowest of 14 · 128% of median | — | 21 | 20.0 |
| 1982 | 1,148 | 14th lowest of 14 · 295% of median | — | 30 | 32.0 |
| 1983 | — | no recorded volume | 298 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | 87 | 1st lowest of 14 · 22% of median | — | 7 | 10.0 |
| 1985 | 298 | 4th lowest of 14 · 77% of median | — | 11 | 15.0 |
| 1986 | 208 | 2nd lowest of 14 · 54% of median | — | 8 | 15.0 |
| 1987 | 442 | 9th lowest of 14 · 114% of median | — | 13 | 21.0 |
| 1997 | 717 | 11th lowest of 14 · 184% of median | — | 137 | 10.0 |
| 2016 | 370 | 6th lowest of 14 · 95% of median | — | 19 | 17.0 |
| 2017 | 778 | 12th lowest of 14 · 200% of median | — | 56 | 16.9 |
| 2018 | 403 | 8th lowest of 14 · 104% of median | — | 22 | 10.0 |
| 2019 | 269 | 3rd lowest of 14 · 69% of median | — | 17 | 10.7 |
| 2020 | 802 | 13th lowest of 14 · 206% of median | — | 23 | 22.4 |
| 2022 | 303 | 5th lowest of 14 · 78% of median | — | 17 | 10.0 |
| 2023 | 375 | 7th lowest of 14 · 96% of median | — | 19 | 15.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 14 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 | 20 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 715 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 7% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2023 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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