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GLEN CAIRN PIPELINE

Structure dossier · WDID 1000770 · 7 · LITTLE TURKEY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:26 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 1899-08-17 — 190th 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: GLEN CAIRN DITCH (1899-08-17). Immediately behind: GLEN CAIRN RESERVOIR (1899-08-17).

Decreed rights (3)

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
24435.181261899-08-171932-10-13 0.590.0 CDOMSTK
46751.088561874-03-311978-12-31 10.20.0 CIRRDOM
47116.181261899-08-171979-12-31 0.00.0 CALL

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 245 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1988, came in at 240 AF — 98% of that, and 6th lowest of the 12 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)
1977 0 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median 4 0.0
1978 52 2nd lowest of 12 · 21% of median 72 0.5
1979 135 4th lowest of 12 · 55% of median 135 0.6
1980 126 3rd lowest of 12 · 51% of median 122 0.6
1981 214 5th lowest of 12 · 87% of median 184 0.6
1982 250 7th lowest of 12 · 102% of median 214 0.6
1983 270 8th lowest of 12 · 110% of median 232 0.6
1984 342 9th lowest of 12 · 140% of median 294 0.6
1985 417 12th lowest of 12 · 170% of median 365 0.6
1986 403 11th lowest of 12 · 164% of median 365 0.6
1987 393 10th lowest of 12 · 160% of median 365 0.6
1988 240 6th lowest of 12 · 98% of median 214 0.6

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