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J O HILL RES

Structure dossier · WDID 0803353 · RESERVOIR · WEST CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:01 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

● Fully called out — call at CANAL 3 DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1870-04-01).

● Fully called out — call at BIG T PLATTE R DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1865-11-18).

● Fully called out — call at B H EATON DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1864-06-09).

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

● Fully called out — call at NEVADA DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1865-12-30).

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 1880-04-15 — 601st 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: 0803352 (1880-04-15). Immediately behind: 2300516 (1880-05-01).

Decreed rights (5)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
11063.01880-04-151889-10-18 3.00.0 CMUNRECFISFIRDOMAUGOTH
11088.01880-05-101889-10-18 3.00.0 CMUNRECFISFIRDOMAUGOTH
11828.01882-05-201889-10-18 2.670.0 CMUNRECFISFIRDOMAUGOTH
11843.01882-06-041889-10-18 2.670.0 CMUNRECFISFIRDOMAUGOTH
45290.412231962-11-121974-12-31 153.60.0 ARECFISFIRDOMOTH

Recorded use (last 6 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 62 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 76 AF — 123% of that, and 4th lowest of the 6 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2019 14 1st lowest of 6 · 23% of median — 27 0.7
2020 44 2nd lowest of 6 · 71% of median 0 38 3.1
2021 48 3rd lowest of 6 · 77% of median 59 83 3.9
2022 108 6th lowest of 6 · 174% of median — 365 3.7
2023 93 5th lowest of 6 · 150% of median 14 316 4.2
2024 76 4th lowest of 6 · 123% of median 29 118 2.6

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.