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H R STEELE SUMP

Structure dossier · WDID 1005453 · 8 · FOUNTAIN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1865-02-01 — 50th 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: TALCOTT & COTTON DITCH (1864-12-31). Immediately behind: H R STEELE WELL (1865-02-01).

Decreed rights (2)

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
5511.01865-02-011896-02-23 348.00.0 AIRR
5511.01865-02-011896-02-23 1.120.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 356 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 380 AF — 107% of that, and 10th 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)
2011 444 14th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 215 1.6
2012 346 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 167 1.8
2013 401 12th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 186 1.7
2014 405 13th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 216 2.5
2015 478 15th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 229 1.6
2016 367 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 245 1.7
2017 340 4th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 275 1.6
2018 343 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 365 1.6
2019 351 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 304 2.2
2020 223 1st lowest of 15 · 63% of median 275 1.3
2021 281 3rd lowest of 15 · 79% of median 365 1.3
2022 247 2nd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 365 1.4
2023 356 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 1.6
2024 384 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 366 1.9
2025 380 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 304 2.2

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.