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Structure dossier · WDID 0604246 · RESERVOIR · COAL CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:56 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: no administrative call record for this basin.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1882-09-01 — 115th 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: 0600631 (1882-07-01). Immediately behind: 0605382 (1883-12-31).
On COAL CREEK at river mile -2.7, it is 6th of 29 down the reach. Immediately upstream: KINNEAR DITCH NO 2. Immediately downstream: JEWELL MOUNTAIN LAKE.
Position on the modelled network, not a claim about whose water this is — a stream carries water from many rights at once, and diverted water returns to it.
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11932.0 | 1882-09-01 | 1900-12-19 | 236.6 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD | |
| 15585.0 | 1892-09-01 | 1900-12-19 | 37.4 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD | |
| 38819.0 | 1956-04-13 | 1961-07-17 | 423.95 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRINDRECFISDOMOTH | |
| 41073.0 | 1962-06-15 | 1964-03-04 | 407.32 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRINDRECFISDOMOTH |
Legal record & documents
19 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
CA14622, 15CW3020, 07CW0253, CA14183, W7955, CA3944.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA14622 | 3 | 1964-03-04 | S |
15CW3020 | 2 | 1964-03-04 | S |
07CW0253 | 1 | 1964-03-04 | S |
CA14183 | 3 | 1961-07-17 | S |
W7955 | 8 | 1926-06-21 | S |
CA3944 | 2 | 1900-12-19 | 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 418 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 262 AF — 63% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 68 | 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median | 15 | 3.2 |
| 2009 | 420 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 52 | 17.8 |
| 2010 | 314 | 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 22 | 14.8 |
| 2011 | 418 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 66 | 9.1 |
| 2012 | 159 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 37 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 1,244 | 15th lowest of 15 · 298% of median | 171 | 28.8 |
| 2014 | 1,233 | 14th lowest of 15 · 295% of median | 145 | 29.4 |
| 2015 | 313 | 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 46 | 18.0 |
| 2016 | 428 | 11th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 23 | 12.3 |
| 2017 | 769 | 12th lowest of 15 · 184% of median | 43 | 43.5 |
| 2018 | 316 | 7th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 57 | 14.9 |
| 2019 | 289 | 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 29 | 8.3 |
| 2020 | 422 | 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 34 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 816 | 13th lowest of 15 · 195% of median | 59 | 25.0 |
| 2024 | 262 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 39 | 15.9 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
Its reference gage, COAL CREEK NEAR PLAINVIEW, CO.: no clear flow trend.
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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | stale | 838 measured days, but newest is 840 day(s) before the data's end (target 450) |
| record continuity | sparse | 10% of the irrigation seasons in 1983-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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