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MCINTOSH RES
Structure dossier · WDID 0504073 · 3 · SAINT VRAIN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:48 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 — 49th 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: CLOVER BASIN RES (1862-04-15). Immediately behind: ISAAC WALTON POND 1 (1862-04-15).
Decreed rights (12)
| 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 | |
| 8464.0 | 1873-03-04 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUN | |
| 19273.0 | 1902-10-08 | 1907-03-13 | 2460.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNALL | |
| 29219.0 | 1929-12-31 | 1951-07-23 | 2460.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNALL |
Legal record & documents
15 decreed actions on record across
7 court cases:
CA11715, 87CW0253, CA4790, 07CW0330, 01CW0188, 00CW0241, 00CW0240.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA11715 | 1 | 1951-07-23 | S |
87CW0253 | 4 | 1951-07-23 | S |
CA4790 | 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 605 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 605 AF — 100% of that, and 5th lowest of the 11 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 619 | 7th lowest of 11 · 102% of median | — | 17 | 40.0 |
| 1986 | 2,721 | 11th lowest of 11 · 450% of median | — | 96 | 30.0 |
| 2009 | — | no recorded volume | 1,155 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | — | no recorded volume | 159 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | — | no recorded volume | 530 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 188 | 1st lowest of 11 · 31% of median | — | 7 | 20.0 |
| 2014 | 500 | 3rd lowest of 11 · 83% of median | — | 16 | 25.0 |
| 2017 | 998 | 10th lowest of 11 · 165% of median | 1,000 | 52 | 10.0 |
| 2018 | 894 | 9th lowest of 11 · 148% of median | — | 52 | 25.0 |
| 2019 | 218 | 2nd lowest of 11 · 36% of median | — | 13 | 15.0 |
| 2020 | 561 | 4th lowest of 11 · 93% of median | 449 | 17 | 20.0 |
| 2021 | — | no recorded volume | 553 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 605 | 5th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | — | 13 | 30.0 |
| 2023 | 633 | 8th lowest of 11 · 105% of median | — | 20 | 30.0 |
| 2024 | 605 | 5th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | — | 22 | 15.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 11 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 | 12 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 711 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 7% 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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