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BENESCH WELL NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 1005607 · 2 · FOUNTAIN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1867-02-12 — 61st 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: WOMACK DITCH (1866-12-31). Immediately behind: BENESCH WELL NO 2 (1867-02-12).

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
6252.01867-02-121896-03-23 1.20.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 23 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2018, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 14 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)
2005 0 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median 4 0.0
2006 17 7th lowest of 14 · 74% of median 52 0.8
2007 7 5th lowest of 14 · 30% of median 35 0.7
2008 29 8th lowest of 14 · 126% of median 55 1.2
2009 108 11th lowest of 14 · 470% of median 119 1.5
2010 114 13th lowest of 14 · 496% of median 124 1.3
2011 43 9th lowest of 14 · 187% of median 68 1.2
2012 57 10th lowest of 14 · 248% of median 57 0.9
2013 168 14th lowest of 14 · 730% of median 194 1.7
2014 110 12th lowest of 14 · 478% of median 186 1.2
2015 5 4th lowest of 14 · 22% of median 20 0.4
2016 4 3rd lowest of 14 · 17% of median 31 0.6
2017 8 6th lowest of 14 · 35% of median 92 1.0
2018 0 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median 304 0.0

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