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CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR

Structure dossier · WDID 0803532 · RESERVOIR · CHERRY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:02 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 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).

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 1862-05-01 — 57th 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: 0805629 (1862-03-15). Immediately behind: 0805197 (1862-05-01).

Decreed rights (40)

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
4504.01862-05-011883-12-10 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
7151.01869-07-301883-12-10 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
8947.01874-06-301883-12-10 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
9182.01875-02-201883-12-10 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
9312.01875-06-301883-12-10 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
11016.01880-02-281883-12-10 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
32629.01939-05-031972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
36159.01948-12-311972-05-18 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
36656.01950-05-121972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
36719.01950-07-141972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
37730.01953-04-201972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
37736.01953-04-261971-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
38482.01955-05-121972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
38489.01955-05-191972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
39571.01958-05-051972-05-18 10000.00.0 AREC
39600.01958-06-031972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
40258.01960-03-221972-05-18 5580.00.0 AREC
40714.01961-06-211971-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
41645.01964-01-081972-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
41757.01964-04-291972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
41765.01964-05-071971-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
42855.01967-05-021972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
42955.01967-08-101972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
44730.01972-06-191982-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
45865.01975-07-291978-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
46302.01976-10-081978-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
46550.01977-06-131972-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
46837.01978-03-271986-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
47138.01979-01-221980-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
47845.01980-12-291980-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
47905.01981-02-271981-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
49673.01985-12-311985-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
50038.01986-12-311986-12-31 0.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
53291.01995-11-271995-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
53872.01997-06-301997-12-31 0.00.0 ACOMRECFISAUGWLD
53872.01997-06-301997-12-31 0.00.0 CCOMRECFISAUGWLD
54421.01998-12-311998-12-31 0.00.0 CSTOIRRCOMRECFISAUGEVPRCH
55152.535021996-06-252001-12-31 0.00.0 CALL
55360.02001-07-272001-12-31 12805.00.0 ARECFISAUGWLD
57694.02007-12-172007-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 5,438 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,805 AF — 33% of that, and 2nd 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.

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)
2011 7,736 9th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 769 209 295.2
2012 5,017 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 209 366 47.3
2013 9,521 10th lowest of 15 · 175% of median — 365 1014.4
2014 10,422 11th lowest of 15 · 192% of median — 363 172.4
2015 17,545 12th lowest of 15 · 323% of median 132 316 889.8
2016 20,250 13th lowest of 15 · 372% of median — 366 184.6
2017 21,832 14th lowest of 15 · 402% of median — 320 610.3
2018 2,523 3rd lowest of 15 · 46% of median 361 200 56.0
2019 5,438 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 353 222 133.6
2020 2,576 4th lowest of 15 · 47% of median 106 233 71.4
2021 3,162 6th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 224 365 227.8
2022 822 1st lowest of 15 · 15% of median 12 365 45.5
2023 30,253 15th lowest of 15 · 556% of median 3 361 4318.1
2024 3,108 5th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 2 366 155.4
2025 1,805 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median — 304 132.3

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