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KEETON UNDERFLOW NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 1000564 · 1 · LITTLE FOUNTAIN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:41 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 1872-04-01 — 85th 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: HOUSE RESERVOIR NO 1 (1871-12-31). Immediately behind: JACKSON & BURKE DITCH (1873-03-21).

Decreed rights (1)

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
8127.01872-04-011954-02-08 0.20.0 CDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 27 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1989, came in at 36 AF — 133% of that, and 13th 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)
1975 56 14th lowest of 15 · 207% of median 214 0.2
1976 32 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 194 0.2
1977 56 14th lowest of 15 · 207% of median 182 0.2
1978 27 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 158 0.1
1979 34 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 106 0.2
1980 20 2nd lowest of 15 · 74% of median 135 0.1
1981 22 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 100 0.1
1982 30 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 128 0.1
1983 26 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 113 0.1
1984 22 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 98 0.1
1985 22 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 94 0.1
1986 23 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 100 0.1
1987 10 1st lowest of 15 · 37% of median 44 0.1
1988 27 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 117 0.1
1989 36 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 154 0.1

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