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SODA LAKES(WEST) RES 1
Structure dossier · WDID 0904315 · 3 · BEAR CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:24 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 — 33rd 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: SODA LAKES(EAST) RES 2 (1861-12-01). Immediately behind: FOREST HILLS WELL 4-79063-F (1861-12-01).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 | 0.0072 | 0.0 | C | STOAUG | |
| 5418.0 | 1864-10-31 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0149 | 0.0 | C | STOAUG | |
| 5570.0 | 1865-04-01 | 1884-02-04 | 0.0067 | 0.0 | C | STOAUG | |
| 15748.0 | 1893-02-11 | 1935-09-24 | 598.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 49155.0 | 1984-07-31 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDDOMAUG | |
| 54786.35002 | 1945-10-31 | 2000-12-31 | 519.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUG |
Legal record & documents
14 decreed actions on record across
8 court cases:
00CW0228, 84CW0221, CA91471, 94CW0150, 01CW0293, 97CW0125, 93CW0171, 17CW3217.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
00CW0228 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
84CW0221 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | S |
CA91471 | 1 | 1935-09-24 | O |
94CW0150 | 2 | 1935-09-24 | O |
01CW0293 | 2 | 1935-09-24 | O |
97CW0125 | 3 | 1884-02-04 | O |
93CW0171 | 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 211 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1992, came in at 218 AF — 103% of that, and 8th lowest of the 14 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 182 | 6th lowest of 14 · 86% of median | — | 6 | 34.0 |
| 1978 | 397 | 12th lowest of 14 · 188% of median | — | 23 | 30.0 |
| 1979 | 545 | 13th lowest of 14 · 258% of median | — | 44 | 38.0 |
| 1980 | 250 | 9th lowest of 14 · 118% of median | — | 46 | 18.0 |
| 1981 | 331 | 10th lowest of 14 · 157% of median | — | 47 | 17.0 |
| 1982 | 50 | 2nd lowest of 14 · 24% of median | — | 46 | 15.0 |
| 1983 | 99 | 5th lowest of 14 · 47% of median | — | 7 | 19.0 |
| 1984 | 52 | 3rd lowest of 14 · 25% of median | — | 18 | 10.0 |
| 1985 | 345 | 11th lowest of 14 · 164% of median | — | 18 | 15.0 |
| 1986 | 71 | 4th lowest of 14 · 34% of median | — | 8 | 12.0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 1st lowest of 14 · 3% of median | — | 4 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 724 | 14th lowest of 14 · 343% of median | — | 38 | 16.0 |
| 1989 | 204 | 7th lowest of 14 · 97% of median | 522 | 12 | 13.0 |
| 1990 | — | no recorded volume | 569 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 218 | 8th lowest of 14 · 103% of median | 470 | 32 | 8.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 14 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 | 6 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 388 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 10% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-1992 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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