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BLUE RIVER PIPELINE

Structure dossier · WDID 1004676 · PIPELINE · FOUNTAIN CREEK · DWR record · probably COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES’s (matched on DWR’s contact or an EPA intake name; verify below)

Source DWR administrative record · verify at DWR structure ↗ Source DWR administrative record · verify at DWR diversion records ↗ Source Our computation, scored against a reference · scored against DWR's call analysis, see /methods

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-09-09 23:26 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a39b541) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

In short

In a median year over its last 15 recorded years it diverts 9,272 acre-feet.

Assembled from the figures on this page — every number above is checked against them before it is shown (2 checked). The detail, with its method, is in the cards below.

Download this structure

Everything on this page as data you can work with — and a README that makes it citable: the HydroBase snapshot it was built from, the build commit, what every column means, the method behind each derived figure, and that method's stated limits.

⇩ Full record (.zip) Print / save as PDF

Or one table at a time: rights.csv · annual_use.csv · curtailment_now.csv · court_cases.csv · co_parties.csv · call_climatology.csv

What is in the bundle
  • rights.csv — every decreed right, most senior first, with admin numbers, dates, amounts, uses and case numbers.
  • annual_use.csv — recorded diversion by year, with releases accounted separately.
  • curtailment_now.csv — each right's current priority status and how often it was out across analog years.
  • court_cases.csv — the cases attached to its rights.
  • co_parties.csv — the other structures that were parties to those cases. Not available anywhere else.
  • call_climatology.csv — how often each right has been out of priority by week of season, with confidence intervals and the seasons the record could actually judge.
  • README.txt — provenance, methods, limits, disclaimer, and links back to DWR's own records for verification.

Where it sits

Location as DWR records it (diversion). Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

Which of its rights are out of priority?

Not computable for this structure: no decreed right on file, so there is no priority to test.

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

Years far under the decreed amount? That gap has a name — paper water vs. wet water, explained on this structure.

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 9,272 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 7,021 AF — 76% of that, and 2nd 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 7,890 3rd lowest of 15 · 85% of median 7,890 365 16.1
2012 5,997 1st lowest of 15 · 65% of median 5,997 366 16.6
2013 8,690 4th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 8,690 335 39.7
2014 13,996 14th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 13,996 365 29.2
2015 12,188 12th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 12,188 365 31.4
2016 12,088 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 12,088 366 30.6
2017 12,847 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 12,847 365 29.4
2018 9,272 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 9,272 365 29.2
2019 11,369 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 11,369 365 29.7
2020 11,085 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 11,085 366 29.1
2021 8,782 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 8,782 365 29.2
2022 8,945 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 8,945 365 29.2
2023 15,124 15th lowest of 15 · 163% of median 15,124 365 31.1
2024 8,835 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 8,835 366 49.6
2025 7,021 2nd lowest of 15 · 76% of median 7,021 304 30.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 absent no water rights cached for this WDID
diversion record present 11233 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1992-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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