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BEULAH WATER WORKS

Structure dossier · WDID 1500600 · 1 · MIDDLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:50 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

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 1864-05-01 — 21st most senior of the 704 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: HICKLIN DITCH "D" (1862-03-01). Immediately behind: B F PATTERSON DITCH (1864-12-31).

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
5235.01864-05-011893-06-26 0.70.0 CIRRINDDOM 13

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 173 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1985, came in at 43 AF — 25% of that, and 2nd 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)
1969 85 6th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 365 0.2
1970 76 3rd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 365 0.2
1971 91 7th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 365 0.2
1972 83 5th lowest of 15 · 48% of median 366 0.2
1973 82 4th lowest of 15 · 47% of median 365 1.0
1974 262 11th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 365 0.6
1975 295 13th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 365 0.7
1976 303 14th lowest of 15 · 175% of median 366 0.6
1977 315 15th lowest of 15 · 182% of median 365 0.7
1978 173 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.4
1979 248 9th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 365 0.7
1980 273 12th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 366 0.7
1981 248 9th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 304 0.6
1984 4 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median 31 0.2
1985 43 2nd lowest of 15 · 25% of median 304 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 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 on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 9077 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1956-1985 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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