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BUENA VISTA TOWN INTAKE
Structure dossier · WDID 1100934 · 7 · COTTONWOOD CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 1864-11-30 — 20th most senior of the 1489 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: LEESMEAGH DITCH (1864-11-30). Immediately behind: BUENA VISTA INF GALLERY (1864-11-30).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5448.0 | 1864-11-30 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECFIRDOM | 2 |
| 5467.0 | 1864-12-19 | 1890-06-19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 3 |
| 5964.0 | 1866-04-30 | 1890-06-19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECFIRDOM | 9 |
| 5995.0 | 1866-05-31 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECFIRDOM | 14 |
| 6056.0 | 1866-07-31 | 1890-06-19 | 0.88 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECFIRDOM | 15 |
| 8401.0 | 1872-12-31 | 1890-06-19 | 0.12 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECFIRDOM | 43 |
| 11110.0 | 1880-06-01 | 1903-07-14 | 16.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECFIRDOMALL | NI6 |
Recorded use (last 6 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 74 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 85 AF — 114% of that, and 4th lowest of the 6 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 64 | 3rd lowest of 6 · 86% of median | 58 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 675 | 5th lowest of 6 · 906% of median | 365 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 701 | 6th lowest of 6 · 941% of median | 304 | 2.0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1st lowest of 6 · 0% of median | 7 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2nd lowest of 6 · 79% of median | 61 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 85 | 4th lowest of 6 · 114% of median | 304 | 0.6 |
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