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CLEAR CREEK RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 1103504 · 3 · CLEAR CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:22 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 1881-03-10 — 164th 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: TWIN LAKES RESERVOIR (1881-03-10). Immediately behind: PAINE DITCH (1881-03-15).
Decreed rights (29)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11392.0 | 1881-03-10 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM | 81 |
| 11428.0 | 1881-04-15 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM | 86 |
| 11443.0 | 1881-04-30 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM | 87 |
| 11474.0 | 1881-05-31 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM | 90 |
| 11657.0 | 1881-11-30 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM | 95 |
| 11808.0 | 1882-04-30 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM | 110 |
| 22888.19155 | 1902-06-12 | 1913-07-14 | 9401.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNDOM | R-5 |
| 22888.22146 | 1910-08-20 | 1913-07-14 | 2038.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNDOM | R-6 |
| 27899.0 | 1926-05-21 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 37957.0 | 1953-12-03 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 38311.0 | 1954-11-22 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 38364.0 | 1955-01-14 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 39152.0 | 1957-03-12 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 45003.0 | 1973-03-19 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 46159.0 | 1976-05-18 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 48942.27899 | 1926-05-21 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 48942.37957 | 1953-12-03 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 48942.38311 | 1954-11-22 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 48942.38364 | 1955-01-14 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 48942.45003 | 1973-03-19 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 48942.46159 | 1976-05-18 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 48942.47951 | 1981-04-14 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDDOM | |
| 48942.48175 | 1981-11-24 | 1984-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 49673.49387 | 1985-03-20 | 1986-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 50393.0 | 1987-12-21 | 1987-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 55152.55133 | 2000-12-12 | 2001-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 56247.55049 | 2000-09-19 | 2004-12-31 | 0.0 | 18561.0 | A | STOALL | |
| 58220.0 | 2009-05-26 | 2009-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM | |
| 59535.49387 | 1985-03-20 | 2011-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL |
Legal record & documents
121 decreed actions on record across
27 court cases:
16CW3103, 11CW0081, 11CW0062, 09CW0142, 09CW0073, 04CW0130, 01CW0152, 99CW0170A, 87CW0063, 00CW0028 and 17 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
16CW3103 | 13 | 2016-12-31 | S |
11CW0081 | 1 | 2011-12-31 | S |
11CW0062 | 1 | 2011-12-31 | S |
09CW0142 | 1 | 2009-12-31 | S |
09CW0073 | 7 | 2009-12-31 | O, S |
04CW0130 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
01CW0152 | 2 | 2001-12-31 | S |
99CW0170A | 4 | 1999-12-31 | S |
87CW0063 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
00CW0028 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
86CW0118B | 8 | 1986-12-31 | S |
86CW0118A | 8 | 1986-12-31 | S |
94CW0009 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | S |
94CW0008 | 3 | 1984-12-31 | S |
93CW0036 | 4 | 1984-12-31 | S |
84CW0203B | 8 | 1984-12-31 | S |
84CW0203A | 10 | 1984-12-31 | S |
84CW0178 | 17 | 1984-12-31 | O, S |
84CW0177B | 4 | 1984-12-31 | S |
84CW0177A | 7 | 1984-12-31 | O, S |
84CW0064 | 2 | 1984-12-31 | S |
18CW3042 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | S |
01CW0080 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | S |
01CW0068 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | S |
CA2346 | 2 | 1913-07-14 | S |
98CW0137A | 8 | 1913-07-14 | O, S |
90CW0053 | 4 | 1913-07-14 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 11 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,412 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 5,443 AF — 123% of that, and 8th lowest of the 10 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 44,070 | 10th lowest of 10 · 999% of median | — | 152 | 363.5 |
| 2014 | — | no recorded volume | 1,606 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1,233 | 1st lowest of 10 · 28% of median | 11,355 | 91 | 22.6 |
| 2016 | 4,767 | 6th lowest of 10 · 108% of median | 0 | 182 | 430.5 |
| 2017 | 7,551 | 9th lowest of 10 · 171% of median | — | 304 | 248.9 |
| 2018 | 1,366 | 2nd lowest of 10 · 31% of median | 2,440 | 183 | 15.9 |
| 2019 | 5,136 | 7th lowest of 10 · 116% of median | 4,522 | 153 | 421.2 |
| 2020 | 4,056 | 5th lowest of 10 · 92% of median | 4,420 | 305 | 504.2 |
| 2021 | 2,239 | 3rd lowest of 10 · 51% of median | — | 182 | 105.9 |
| 2022 | 2,585 | 4th lowest of 10 · 59% of median | — | 365 | 105.9 |
| 2023 | 5,443 | 8th lowest of 10 · 123% of median | — | 304 | 411.3 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 10 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 29 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2221 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 20% of the irrigation seasons in 1971-2023 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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