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GOOSE HAVEN RESERVOIR COMPLEX
Structure dossier · WDID 0603998 · RESERVOIR SYSTEM · BOULDER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:36 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (96d5528) — 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 1872-04-15 — 89th most senior of the 1867 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: CHURCH DITCH(UPPER) (1870-09-20). Immediately behind: BASELINE RES (1872-04-15).
Decreed rights (11)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8141.0 | 1872-04-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 8553.0 | 1873-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 11567.0 | 1881-09-01 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 12724.0 | 1884-11-01 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 15386.0 | 1892-02-15 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 17441.0 | 1897-10-01 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 20890.20624 | 1906-06-20 | 1907-11-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 27930.23981 | 1915-08-29 | 1953-09-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 49330.0 | 1985-01-22 | 1985-12-31 | 1038.4 | 1161.6 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMOTH | |
| 53691.53631 | 1996-11-01 | 1997-12-31 | 174.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 53691.53631 | 1996-11-01 | 1997-12-31 | 1.73 | 0.0 | C | MUN |
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
97CW0386, 97CW0140, 85CW0406, 15CW3009, 85CW0119.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
97CW0386 | 3 | 1997-12-31 | S |
97CW0140 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
85CW0406 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
15CW3009 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
85CW0119 | 11 | 1953-09-28 | O, 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 3,008 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 70 AF — 2% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 55 | 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median | — | 22 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 2,354 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | — | 326 | 21.8 |
| 2010 | 2,021 | 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | — | 293 | 25.8 |
| 2011 | 1,712 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 57% of median | — | 237 | 15.7 |
| 2012 | 5,742 | 15th lowest of 15 · 191% of median | 59 | 318 | 28.3 |
| 2013 | 3,347 | 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | — | 243 | 18.8 |
| 2014 | 2,729 | 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | — | 240 | 18.9 |
| 2015 | 2,520 | 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | — | 293 | 12.8 |
| 2016 | 3,830 | 13th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | — | 346 | 16.5 |
| 2017 | 3,309 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 941 | 254 | 16.0 |
| 2018 | 3,008 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 33 | 292 | 13.5 |
| 2019 | 3,720 | 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | — | 363 | 11.5 |
| 2020 | 4,131 | 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | — | 362 | 46.0 |
| 2021 | 3,157 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | — | 224 | 18.5 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 2% of median | — | 9 | 6.6 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 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 | 11 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3955 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 51% of the irrigation seasons in 1988-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.