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CSU FOUNTAIN CREEK RECOVERY EXCHANGE PON

Structure dossier · WDID 1003350 · 3 · FOUNTAIN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 01:19 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 2006-09-20 — 2290th 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: ELLIOTT ET AL NNT DAWSON (1987-01-22). Immediately behind: CSU FOUNTAIN CREEK RECOVERY SPILL POND (2006-09-20).

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
57343.572412006-09-202007-12-31 65.170.0 ASTO

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 348 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 345 AF — 99% of that, and 6th lowest of the 13 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)
2013 122 2nd lowest of 13 · 35% of median 61 2.0
2014 642 13th lowest of 13 · 184% of median 365 2.5
2015 209 3rd lowest of 13 · 60% of median 365 2.5
2016 335 4th lowest of 13 · 96% of median 366 2.5
2017 15 1st lowest of 13 · 4% of median 365 1.2
2018 559 11th lowest of 13 · 161% of median 365 2.5
2019 488 9th lowest of 13 · 140% of median 365 2.2
2020 353 8th lowest of 13 · 101% of median 366 2.6
2021 348 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 365 2.3
2022 551 10th lowest of 13 · 158% of median 365 2.4
2023 342 5th lowest of 13 · 98% of median 365 2.1
2024 572 12th lowest of 13 · 164% of median 366 2.5
2025 345 6th lowest of 13 · 99% of median 304 2.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4383 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2013-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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