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WOODMEN HILLS INTAKE

Structure dossier · WDID 1000843 · 1 · BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:48 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 in line

Priority 2002-02-12 — 2032nd 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: CURTIS FAMILY LIVING TRUST NNT DAWSON (2001-12-20). Immediately behind: PAINT BRUSH HILLS WWTP (2002-02-12).

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
55560.02002-02-122002-12-31 2.00.0 CMUN

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 430 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 366 AF — 85% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 492 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median — 313 6.4
2012 297 2nd lowest of 15 · 69% of median — 228 1.8
2013 433 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 117 334 2.4
2014 1,020 14th lowest of 15 · 237% of median 740 365 2.9
2015 1,049 15th lowest of 15 · 244% of median 907 365 3.7
2016 977 13th lowest of 15 · 227% of median 641 366 2.2
2017 792 12th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 557 365 2.0
2018 293 1st lowest of 15 · 68% of median 16 365 2.0
2019 300 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median 67 335 2.0
2020 370 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 94 335 1.8
2021 353 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 65 365 2.0
2022 365 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 99 365 2.0
2023 514 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 245 365 2.0
2024 430 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 119 366 2.0
2025 366 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 95 304 2.0

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