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GOOSE LAKE
Structure dossier · WDID 0604489 · RESERVOIR · NORTH BOULDER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:23 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.
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: only 2 analog year(s) have both flow and a complete administration record; 4 needed.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1901-10-01 — 137th 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: 0605123 (1900-12-31). Immediately behind: 0605904 (1902-12-31).
On NORTH BOULDER CREEK at river mile -14.9, it is 7th of 14 down the reach. Immediately upstream: ALBION RES. Immediately downstream: ISLAND 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 (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18901.0 | 1901-10-01 | 1907-03-13 | 198.5 | 0.0 | A | MUNCOMINDFIRDOM | |
| 20699.0 | 1906-09-03 | 1907-03-13 | 261.2 | 576.6 | 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
15 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
16CW3160, 00CW0226, 94CW0285, 94CW0284, 03CW0440, W7852, 86CW0123, CA5563, CA4842.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
16CW3160 | 2 | 2017-12-31 | 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 |
CA5563 | 1 | 1909-11-03 | O |
CA4842 | 2 | 1907-03-13 | 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 795 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 900 AF — 113% of that, and 10th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 928 | 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 27 | 40.0 |
| 1998 | 1,036 | 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 49 | 25.0 |
| 1999 | 1,036 | 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 31 | 30.0 |
| 2000 | 1,036 | 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 59 | 30.0 |
| 2006 | 694 | 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 20 | 25.0 |
| 2007 | 845 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 111 | 25.0 |
| 2009 | 522 | 5th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 10 | 30.0 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 6% of median | 34 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.9 |
| 2015 | 514 | 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 61 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 387 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 107 | 11.6 |
| 2017 | 931 | 12th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 58 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | 626 | 6th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 24 | 21.2 |
| 2022 | 795 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 8 | 88.7 |
| 2024 | 900 | 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 19 | 80.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
Its reference gage, SILVER LAKE OUTLET: 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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | stale | 828 measured days, but newest is 797 day(s) before the data's end (target 450) |
| record continuity | sparse | 11% of the irrigation seasons in 1990-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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