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1700540
Structure dossier · WDID 1700540 · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 04:33 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 — 7th most senior of the 1909 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: LAS ANIMAS CONSOLIDATED (1875-04-10). Immediately behind: LAKE MEREDITH (1881-03-10).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
| 14770.0 | 1890-06-09 | 1896-03-23 | 756.28 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDDOM | 0 |
| 17600.0 | 1898-03-09 | 1916-11-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDDOM | |
| 56978.56395 | 2004-05-27 | 2006-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL |
Legal record & documents
20 decreed actions on record across
7 court cases:
16CW3103, 06CW0120, CA13693, 84CW0064, 99CW0169A, CA2535, 09CW0073.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
16CW3103 | 4 | 2016-12-31 | S |
06CW0120 | 3 | 2006-12-31 | S |
CA13693 | 1 | 1916-11-25 | O |
84CW0064 | 4 | 1916-11-25 | O |
99CW0169A | 1 | 1905-04-08 | O |
CA2535 | 1 | 1896-03-23 | O |
09CW0073 | 6 | 1890-06-19 | O |
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 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 68,116 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 47,471 AF — 70% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74,998 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 152 | 760.0 |
| 2012 | 50,445 | 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 139 | 284.0 |
| 2013 | 35,593 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 96 | 744.0 |
| 2014 | 91,085 | 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 162 | 1202.0 |
| 2015 | 91,935 | 13th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 231 | 763.9 |
| 2016 | 71,233 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 181 | 758.0 |
| 2017 | 96,366 | 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 301 | 698.0 |
| 2018 | 46,898 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 173 | 462.1 |
| 2019 | 98,776 | 15th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | 259 | 758.0 |
| 2020 | 27,675 | 1st lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 238 | 402.0 |
| 2021 | 61,192 | 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 365 | 758.0 |
| 2022 | 47,997 | 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 351 | 288.0 |
| 2023 | 68,116 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 91 | 757.5 |
| 2024 | 77,565 | 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 196 | 758.0 |
| 2025 | 47,471 | 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 304 | 757.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | partial | missing name, structure type, water source |
| decreed rights | on file | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 21773 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 89% of the irrigation seasons in 1911-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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