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Structure dossier · WDID 0604269 · RESERVOIR · NORTH BOULDER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:21 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (5cd37f7) — 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.
Current administration
● Fully called out — call at RURAL DITCH (BOULDER CREEK, priority 1862-05-09).
● Fully called out — call at JONES DONNELLY DITCH (SOUTH BOULDER CREEK, priority 1860-04-30).
● Fully called out — call at HOWARD DITCH (SOUTH BOULDER CREEK, priority 1860-04-01).
● Fully called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1885-11-20).
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 1910-07-01 — 250th 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: 0604266 (1910-06-01). Immediately behind: 0600636 (1910-09-01).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22096.0 | 1910-07-01 | 1926-06-21 | 1110.94 | 0.0 | A | MUNCOMINDFIRDOM | |
| 45290.3835 | 1954-12-31 | 1974-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 52595.52594 | 1993-12-30 | 1994-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOMAUG | |
| 52795.0 | 1994-07-19 | 1994-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOMAUG | |
| 52958.0 | 1994-12-29 | 1994-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 55141.0 | 2000-12-20 | 2000-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 60963.0 | 2016-11-28 | 2016-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 61357.0 | 2017-12-27 | 2017-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN |
Legal record & documents
14 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
16CW3160, 19CW3129, 00CW0226, 94CW0285, 94CW0284, 03CW0440, W7852, 86CW0123, CA6672.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
16CW3160 | 2 | 2017-12-31 | S |
19CW3129 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
00CW0226 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
94CW0285 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
94CW0284 | 4 | 1994-12-31 | S |
03CW0440 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
W7852 | 2 | 1974-12-31 | S |
86CW0123 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
CA6672 | 1 | 1926-06-21 | 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 581 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 866 AF — 149% of that, and 12th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 581 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 27 | 20.0 |
| 2008 | 349 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median | — | 9 | 30.0 |
| 2009 | 432 | 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | — | 40 | 7.0 |
| 2010 | 421 | 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median | — | 33 | 8.0 |
| 2011 | 815 | 11th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 353 | 39 | 13.8 |
| 2012 | 566 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 129 | 47 | 16.5 |
| 2013 | 1,222 | 15th lowest of 15 · 210% of median | 535 | 29 | 61.5 |
| 2014 | 636 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | — | 55 | 7.0 |
| 2015 | 281 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median | — | 53 | 9.1 |
| 2016 | 129 | 1st lowest of 15 · 22% of median | — | 55 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 878 | 14th lowest of 15 · 151% of median | — | 17 | 57.7 |
| 2018 | 581 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 44 | 20.8 |
| 2019 | 872 | 13th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | — | 26 | 52.5 |
| 2020 | 429 | 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | — | 35 | 18.1 |
| 2021 | 866 | 12th lowest of 15 · 149% of median | — | 32 | 126.0 |
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 (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 | 8 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 801 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 9% of the irrigation seasons in 1977-2021 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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