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FINLEY NO 2 IRRIGATION POND

Structure dossier · WDID 0504101 · 3 · BOULDER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:03 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 2003-01-16 — 1274th 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: FINLEY NO 1 IRRIGATION POND (2003-01-16). Immediately behind: CENTENNIAL IRRIGATION POND (2003-01-16).

Decreed rights (1)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
60996.558982003-01-162017-12-31 2.50.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISAUGOTHWLD

Recorded use (last 6 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 92 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 70 AF — 76% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 6 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2019 21 1st lowest of 6 · 23% of median — 61 0.2
2020 133 6th lowest of 6 · 145% of median 39 360 1.5
2021 94 4th lowest of 6 · 102% of median 21 351 2.8
2022 104 5th lowest of 6 · 113% of median 80 362 0.6
2023 90 3rd lowest of 6 · 98% of median 29 341 0.5
2024 70 2nd lowest of 6 · 76% of median 40 305 0.4

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1780 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2019-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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