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1700541
Structure dossier · WDID 1700541 · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:43 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 1867-09-21 — 3rd 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: HIGHLAND CANAL (1866-05-31). Immediately behind: ROCKY FORD DITCH (1874-05-15).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6473.0 | 1867-09-21 | 1896-03-23 | 13.4 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 0 |
| 13571.0 | 1887-02-26 | 1896-03-23 | 116.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 0 |
Legal record & documents
12 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
10CW0004, 06CW0008, CA2535, 13CW0007.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
10CW0004 | 5 | 2010-12-31 | S |
06CW0008 | 1 | 2006-12-31 | S |
CA2535 | 2 | 1896-03-23 | O |
13CW0007 | 4 | 1896-03-23 | 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 23,658 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 21,757 AF — 92% of that, and 6th 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 | 28,977 | 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 251 | 133.0 |
| 2012 | 9,689 | 1st lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 247 | 29.2 |
| 2013 | 17,792 | 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 246 | 129.0 |
| 2014 | 32,121 | 12th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 292 | 132.0 |
| 2015 | 41,192 | 15th lowest of 15 · 174% of median | 319 | 130.0 |
| 2016 | 32,290 | 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 258 | 126.0 |
| 2017 | 33,274 | 14th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 245 | 132.0 |
| 2018 | 23,658 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 261 | 132.0 |
| 2019 | 26,301 | 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 246 | 127.0 |
| 2020 | 21,785 | 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 246 | 129.0 |
| 2021 | 16,996 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 247 | 130.0 |
| 2022 | 15,713 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 292 | 131.0 |
| 2023 | 18,734 | 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 315 | 119.0 |
| 2024 | 26,443 | 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 292 | 123.0 |
| 2025 | 21,757 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 304 | 128.0 |
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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 32824 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% 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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