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SODA LAKES(EAST) RES 2
Structure dossier · WDID 0903815 · 3 · BEAR CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:51 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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.
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 1861-12-01 — 32nd most senior of the 2058 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: BEAR CR DEV CORP 4 RES (1861-12-01). Immediately behind: SODA LAKES(WEST) RES 1 (1861-12-01).
Decreed rights (10)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4353.0 | 1861-12-01 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOMUNAUGALL | |
| 4362.0 | 1861-12-10 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4489.0 | 1862-04-16 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 4627.0 | 1862-09-01 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 5418.0 | 1864-10-31 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOMUNAUGALL | |
| 5553.0 | 1865-03-15 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 5570.0 | 1865-04-01 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOMUNAUGALL | |
| 12453.11049 | 1880-04-01 | 1935-09-24 | 86.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 12453.12144 | 1883-04-01 | 1935-09-24 | 73.53 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 15748.0 | 1893-02-11 | 1935-09-24 | 1794.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG |
Legal record & documents
38 decreed actions on record across
14 court cases:
10CW0257, 00CW0228, CA91471, 95CW0196, 94CW0168, 94CW0150, 94CW0149, 86CW0252, 01CW0293, 00CW0023 and 4 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
10CW0257 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
00CW0228 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
CA91471 | 1 | 1935-09-24 | S |
95CW0196 | 2 | 1935-09-24 | S |
94CW0168 | 2 | 1935-09-24 | S |
94CW0150 | 9 | 1935-09-24 | O, S |
94CW0149 | 2 | 1935-09-24 | S |
86CW0252 | 2 | 1935-09-24 | S |
01CW0293 | 2 | 1935-09-24 | S |
00CW0023 | 6 | 1935-09-24 | O, S |
97CW0125 | 3 | 1884-02-04 | O |
93CW0171 | 3 | 1884-02-04 | O |
18CW3195 | 3 | 1884-02-04 | O |
17CW3217 | 1 | 1884-02-04 | 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 502 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 502 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 400 | 7th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 65 | 193 | 5.0 |
| 2011 | 332 | 5th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 230 | 27 | 15.0 |
| 2012 | 357 | 6th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 493 | 65 | 10.0 |
| 2013 | 1,250 | 15th lowest of 15 · 249% of median | 603 | 126 | 20.0 |
| 2014 | 567 | 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 159 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 2015 | 307 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 30 | 31 | 12.0 |
| 2016 | 98 | 1st lowest of 15 · 20% of median | 2,874 | 17 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 907 | 11th lowest of 15 · 181% of median | 3,410 | 50 | 16.3 |
| 2018 | 126 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 352 | 33 | 15.0 |
| 2019 | 1,073 | 13th lowest of 15 · 214% of median | 165 | 122 | 10.6 |
| 2020 | 322 | 4th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 330 | 23 | 15.0 |
| 2021 | 1,222 | 14th lowest of 15 · 243% of median | 387 | 143 | 15.7 |
| 2022 | 985 | 12th lowest of 15 · 196% of median | 314 | 179 | 15.1 |
| 2023 | 507 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 425 | 74 | 11.6 |
| 2024 | 502 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 328 | 108 | 12.1 |
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 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 | 10 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2671 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 25% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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