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PRINCE RES 1
Structure dossier · WDID 0604216 · RESERVOIR · SOUTH BOULDER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (e70d0b5) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1879-10-01 — 161st 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: GOODHUE RES 1 (1873-12-01). Immediately behind: MARFELL LAKE NO 1 (1880-04-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20188.10866 | 1879-10-01 | 1907-03-13 | 80.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR |
Recorded use (last 5 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 56 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1980, came in at 40 AF — 71% of that, and 1st lowest of the 5 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 44 | 2nd lowest of 5 · 79% of median | 15 | 4.0 |
| 1977 | 89 | 5th lowest of 5 · 159% of median | 15 | 5.0 |
| 1978 | 85 | 4th lowest of 5 · 152% of median | 20 | 4.0 |
| 1979 | 56 | 3rd lowest of 5 · 100% of median | 14 | 3.0 |
| 1980 | 40 | 1st lowest of 5 · 71% of median | 12 | 2.0 |
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