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Structure dossier · WDID 0801001 · PIPELINE · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:13 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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
● Junior rights called out — call at LITTLETON BOAT CHUTE NO 10 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1994-12-02).
● Junior rights called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).
● Junior rights called out — call at NEVADA DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1865-12-30).
● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1877-11-14).
● Junior rights called out — call at WESTERN MUTUAL DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1871-08-09).
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 1863-12-30 — 130th most senior of the 21881 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: 0801000 (1863-12-30). Immediately behind: 0801020 (1863-12-30).
Decreed rights (18)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5112.0 | 1863-12-30 | 1883-12-10 | 1.33 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGWLD | |
| 5843.0 | 1865-12-30 | 1883-12-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNINDDOM | |
| 6637.0 | 1868-03-03 | 1883-12-10 | 3.653 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGWLD | |
| 6788.0 | 1868-08-01 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNDOM | |
| 8645.0 | 1873-09-01 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDDOMOTH | |
| 8918.0 | 1874-06-01 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMOTH | |
| 9283.0 | 1875-06-01 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMWLD | |
| 9627.0 | 1876-05-10 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNDOM | |
| 10449.0 | 1878-08-10 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKOTH | |
| 10836.0 | 1879-09-01 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKWLD | |
| 11453.0 | 1881-05-10 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMWLD | |
| 11458.0 | 1881-05-15 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMWLD | |
| 13707.0 | 1887-07-12 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDDOMOTH | |
| 14041.0 | 1888-06-10 | 1889-10-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDDOMOTH | |
| 14536.12936 | 1885-06-01 | 1913-05-22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDDOMOTHALL | |
| 41776.0 | 1964-05-18 | 1972-05-18 | 0.0 | 100.0 | C | MUNDOM | |
| 56490.0 | 2004-08-30 | 2004-12-31 | 474.0 | 20287.0 | A | MUNALL | |
| 56490.0 | 2004-08-30 | 2004-12-31 | 225.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL |
Legal record & documents
92 decreed actions on record across
22 court cases:
15CW3092, 04CW0218, CA3635, W9234, 88CW0263, 88CW0262, 84CW0010, 79CW0274, 17CW3205, W9448 and 12 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
15CW3092 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
04CW0218 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
CA3635 | 1 | 1972-05-18 | S |
W9234 | 10 | 1918-05-18 | O, S |
88CW0263 | 4 | 1913-05-22 | O, S |
88CW0262 | 3 | 1913-05-22 | O, S |
84CW0010 | 7 | 1913-05-22 | O, S |
79CW0274 | 6 | 1913-05-22 | O, S |
17CW3205 | 1 | 1913-05-22 | O |
W9448 | 7 | 1889-10-18 | O |
W8345 | 4 | 1889-10-18 | O |
W7936 | 14 | 1889-10-18 | O |
W7931 | 7 | 1889-10-18 | O |
W7528 | 2 | 1889-10-18 | O |
CA3684 | 2 | 1889-10-18 | O |
93CW0140 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | O |
92CW0156 | 4 | 1889-10-18 | O |
88CW0228 | 2 | 1889-10-18 | O |
80CW0313 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | O |
79CW0351 | 7 | 1889-10-18 | O |
W0327 | 3 | 1883-12-10 | O |
91CW0117 | 4 | 1883-12-10 | O |
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 55,616 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2026, came in at 19,107 AF — 34% of that, and 2nd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 126,465 | 15th lowest of 15 · 227% of median | 304 | 351.6 |
| 2013 | 5,367 | 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median | 61 | 58.3 |
| 2014 | 47,299 | 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 365 | 120.4 |
| 2015 | 43,908 | 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 365 | 320.0 |
| 2016 | 55,616 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 366 | 131.5 |
| 2017 | 44,762 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 365 | 133.1 |
| 2018 | 61,591 | 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 365 | 129.5 |
| 2019 | 42,588 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 365 | 121.0 |
| 2020 | 68,397 | 14th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 366 | 193.8 |
| 2021 | 58,847 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 365 | 274.3 |
| 2022 | 64,584 | 13th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 365 | 151.4 |
| 2023 | 48,948 | 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 365 | 160.7 |
| 2024 | 59,601 | 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 366 | 121.0 |
| 2025 | 63,109 | 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 365 | 116.1 |
| 2026 | 19,107 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 34% of median | 304 | 82.8 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 49.1% of a median season / 27.6% dry-year.
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 A (9/10 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 | 18 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 19088 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1966-2026 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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