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SMITH RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 0803407 · RESERVOIR · CLEAR 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
● Junior rights called out — call at CANAL 3 DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1870-04-01).
● Junior rights called out — call at BIG T PLATTE R DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1865-11-18).
● Junior rights called out — call at B H EATON DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1864-06-09).
● 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).
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 1860-05-15 — 6th 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: 0803406 (1860-05-15). Immediately behind: 0200515 (1860-05-16).
Decreed rights (19)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3788.0 | 1860-05-15 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 3792.0 | 1860-05-19 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 3804.0 | 1860-05-31 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 3818.0 | 1860-06-14 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4151.0 | 1861-05-13 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4152.0 | 1861-05-14 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4171.0 | 1861-06-02 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4180.0 | 1861-06-11 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 4535.0 | 1862-06-01 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 5615.0 | 1865-05-16 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 7712.0 | 1871-02-11 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 9121.0 | 1874-12-21 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 12028.0 | 1882-12-06 | 1884-02-04 | 68.47 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 12136.0 | 1883-03-24 | 1884-10-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 16718.13966 | 1888-03-27 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 18415.0 | 1900-06-02 | 1936-05-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | |
| 18659.0 | 1901-02-01 | 1936-05-13 | 93.25 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 20725.0 | 1906-09-29 | 1936-05-13 | 292.79 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 46751.33131 | 1940-09-16 | 1978-12-31 | 182.92 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOMAUG |
Recorded use (last 3 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 65 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 16 AF — 25% of that, and 1st lowest of the 3 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | 2nd lowest of 3 · 100% of median | 28 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 339 | 3rd lowest of 3 · 522% of median | 154 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1st lowest of 3 · 25% of median | 7 | 1.5 |
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