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BEAR CREEK LAKE
Structure dossier · WDID 0903999 · 3 · BEAR CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:16 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 1859-11-01 — 2nd 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: MCBROOM DITCH (1859-11-01). Immediately behind: CURRIER WELL 2 (1860-05-30).
Decreed rights (17)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3592.0 | 1859-11-01 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 4353.0 | 1861-12-01 | 1884-02-04 | 0.2466 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGALL | |
| 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 | 0.5094 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGALL | |
| 5553.0 | 1865-03-15 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 5570.0 | 1865-04-01 | 1884-02-04 | 0.2298 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGALL | |
| 12453.11049 | 1880-04-01 | 1935-09-24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 12453.12144 | 1883-04-01 | 1935-09-24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 44070.0 | 1970-08-29 | 1970-12-31 | 2000.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNINDRECOTH | |
| 47116.44103 | 1970-10-01 | 1979-12-31 | 1989.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECFISDOM | |
| 48577.47523 | 1980-02-11 | 1983-12-31 | 200.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUGWLD | |
| 48910.0 | 1983-11-29 | 1971-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | AUG | |
| 49155.0 | 1984-07-31 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDDOMAUG | |
| 52595.47755 | 1980-09-30 | 1994-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 61695.0 | 2018-11-30 | 2018-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN |
Legal record & documents
37 decreed actions on record across
15 court cases:
18CW3195, 94CW0150, 84CW0221, 83CW0314, 04CW0116, 79CW0306, 14CW3127, 83CW0280, 84CW0167, W8549 and 5 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
18CW3195 | 10 | 2018-12-31 | O, S |
94CW0150 | 6 | 1994-12-31 | O, S |
84CW0221 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | S |
83CW0314 | 1 | 1983-12-31 | S |
04CW0116 | 1 | 1983-12-31 | S |
79CW0306 | 1 | 1979-12-31 | S |
14CW3127 | 2 | 1979-12-31 | S |
83CW0280 | 1 | 1971-12-31 | S |
84CW0167 | 1 | 1970-12-31 | S |
W8549 | 3 | 1884-02-04 | O |
88CW0203 | 1 | 1884-02-04 | O |
87CW0301 | 3 | 1884-02-04 | O |
82CW0425 | 1 | 1884-02-04 | O |
17CW3217 | 1 | 1884-02-04 | O |
00CW0023 | 4 | 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 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 6,509 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 25,324 AF — 389% of that, and 9th lowest of the 11 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 59 | 1st lowest of 11 · 1% of median | 37 | 18 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | — | no recorded volume | 203 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 2,170 | 4th lowest of 11 · 33% of median | — | 61 | 30.5 |
| 2016 | 33,106 | 11th lowest of 11 · 509% of median | — | 191 | 368.5 |
| 2017 | 6,509 | 6th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | — | 64 | 155.5 |
| 2018 | 1,115 | 3rd lowest of 11 · 17% of median | — | 53 | 78.3 |
| 2019 | 9,850 | 8th lowest of 11 · 151% of median | — | 119 | 132.8 |
| 2020 | 2,171 | 5th lowest of 11 · 33% of median | — | 49 | 56.5 |
| 2021 | 8,657 | 7th lowest of 11 · 133% of median | — | 29 | 221.2 |
| 2022 | 382 | 2nd lowest of 11 · 6% of median | — | 18 | 54.8 |
| 2023 | 31,280 | 10th lowest of 11 · 481% of median | — | 146 | 542.7 |
| 2024 | 25,324 | 9th lowest of 11 · 389% of median | — | 305 | 221.7 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 11 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 | 17 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1053 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 20% of the irrigation seasons in 2000-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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