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Structure dossier · WDID 0504071 · 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 1910-07-13 — 217th 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: OCHS SPRING E (1909-12-31). Immediately behind: JAMES DITCH LYKINS GULCH (1910-08-29).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22108.0 | 1910-07-13 | 1926-06-01 | 4239.0 | 0.0 | A | IRROTH | |
| 29219.0 | 1929-12-31 | 1951-07-23 | 2506.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR |
Legal record & documents
4 decreed actions on record across
2 court cases:
CA11715, CA6673.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA11715 | 3 | 1951-07-23 | S |
CA6673 | 1 | 1926-06-01 | S |
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 2,075 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,186 AF — 105% of that, and 7th lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 778 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 38% of median | 4,592 | 26 | 22.0 |
| 2011 | — | no recorded volume | 2,400 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 276 | 1st lowest of 12 · 13% of median | 4,412 | 8 | 24.0 |
| 2013 | — | no recorded volume | 605 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | — | no recorded volume | 2,690 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1,028 | 5th lowest of 12 · 50% of median | 2,793 | 11 | 70.0 |
| 2016 | 1,964 | 6th lowest of 12 · 95% of median | 3,251 | 50 | 30.0 |
| 2017 | 4,879 | 10th lowest of 12 · 235% of median | 339 | 22 | 120.0 |
| 2018 | 579 | 2nd lowest of 12 · 28% of median | — | 16 | 20.0 |
| 2019 | 3,025 | 8th lowest of 12 · 146% of median | 1,967 | 69 | 45.0 |
| 2020 | 3,828 | 9th lowest of 12 · 184% of median | 2,836 | 17 | 180.0 |
| 2021 | 5,911 | 11th lowest of 12 · 285% of median | 2,609 | 28 | 120.0 |
| 2022 | 972 | 4th lowest of 12 · 47% of median | 1,614 | 10 | 60.0 |
| 2023 | 6,744 | 12th lowest of 12 · 325% of median | 1,587 | 54 | 160.0 |
| 2024 | 2,186 | 7th lowest of 12 · 105% of median | 1,697 | 45 | 30.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is rising over its last 12 recorded years (+308 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.047).
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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1605 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 15% 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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