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BEAR CREEK PIPELINE

Structure dossier · WDID 1000535 · 7 · BEAR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:36 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1861-12-31 — 17th most senior of the 2864 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: FOUNTAIN MUTUAL CANAL (1861-09-21). Immediately behind: STUBBS & MILLER DITCH (1861-12-31).

Decreed rights (9)

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
4383.01861-12-311882-03-06 5.340.0 CMUN
4828.01863-03-211882-03-06 5.00.0 CMUN
6108.01866-09-211882-03-06 6.00.0 CMUN
9211.01875-03-211882-03-06 8.00.0 CMUN
14350.01889-04-151954-02-08 9.40.0 CMUN
20892.01907-03-151954-02-08 4.20.0 CMUN
48942.457751975-04-301984-12-31 0.00.0 CALL
49387.01985-03-201985-12-31 0.00.0 CALL
56596.02004-12-142004-12-31 0.00.0 CALL

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 719 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1985 2,639 15th lowest of 15 · 367% of median 355 9.5
1986 1,095 11th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 365 2.4
1987 1,665 13th lowest of 15 · 232% of median 360 5.9
1988 1,053 10th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 361 2.5
1989 1,300 12th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 358 10.6
1990 2,492 14th lowest of 15 · 347% of median 360 18.2
1991 447 7th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 340 1.5
1992 719 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 354 3.7
1993 850 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 279 2.8
1994 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 4 0.0
1995 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 22 0.0
1998 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
1999 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 18 0.0
2000 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 24 0.0
2001 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 20 0.0

Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 96.7% of a median season / 40.2% dry-year.

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