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Structure dossier · WDID 1700556 · 1 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:29 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1875-04-10 — 6th 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: CATLIN CANAL (1875-04-10). Immediately behind: 1700540 (1881-03-10).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9231.0 | 1875-04-10 | 1905-04-08 | 22.3 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMPWR | 2 |
| 12485.0 | 1884-03-07 | 1905-04-08 | 5.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMPWR | 3 |
| 12756.0 | 1884-12-03 | 1905-04-08 | 22.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMPWR | 5 |
| 21654.0 | 1909-04-15 | 1922-08-30 | 44.8 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMPWR | 121 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 26,275 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 28,190 AF — 107% of that, and 10th 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 | 29,437 | 12th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 244 | 131.0 |
| 2012 | 11,805 | 1st lowest of 15 · 45% of median | 174 | 100.0 |
| 2013 | 21,909 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 246 | 139.0 |
| 2014 | 29,859 | 13th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 245 | 130.0 |
| 2015 | 30,735 | 14th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 245 | 131.0 |
| 2016 | 27,868 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 238 | 115.0 |
| 2017 | 26,146 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 268 | 127.0 |
| 2018 | 24,895 | 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 365 | 141.0 |
| 2019 | 28,505 | 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 305 | 133.0 |
| 2020 | 22,614 | 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 246 | 130.0 |
| 2021 | 23,364 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 246 | 115.0 |
| 2022 | 22,509 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 245 | 123.0 |
| 2023 | 26,275 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 246 | 129.0 |
| 2024 | 34,144 | 15th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 292 | 142.0 |
| 2025 | 28,190 | 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 304 | 128.0 |
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