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Structure dossier · WDID 1703510 · 3 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:18 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 1903-10-10 — 83rd 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: BEER DITCH (1903-03-15). Immediately behind: BEST DITCH HEADGATE 1 (1904-04-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20186.1964 | 1903-10-10 | 1927-02-03 | 2500.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRDOM | R20 |
| 21795.0 | 1909-09-03 | 1927-02-03 | 3486.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRDOM | R43 |
| 21807.0 | 1909-09-15 | 1927-02-03 | 2000.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRDOM | R49 |
| 56978.56395 | 2004-05-27 | 2006-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 58863.0 | 2011-02-28 | 2011-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECDOMAUG |
Legal record & documents
14 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
11CW0013, 10CW0004, 06CW0120, 06CW0008, W3905, 02/03/1927.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
11CW0013 | 1 | 2011-12-31 | S |
10CW0004 | 5 | 2010-12-31 | S |
06CW0120 | 3 | 2006-12-31 | S |
06CW0008 | 1 | 2006-12-31 | S |
W3905 | 2 | 1927-02-03 | S |
02/03/1927 | 2 | 1927-02-03 | 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 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,001 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | — | no recorded volume | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | — | no recorded volume | 2,309 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | — | no recorded volume | 1,987 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | — | no recorded volume | 8,595 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | — | no recorded volume | 6,628 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | — | no recorded volume | 3,122 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 9 · 0% of median | 1,457 | 13 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 2,670 | 6th lowest of 9 · 133% of median | 2,354 | 5 | 400.0 |
| 2017 | 3,689 | 9th lowest of 9 · 184% of median | 2,117 | 10 | 370.0 |
| 2018 | 3,112 | 7th lowest of 9 · 156% of median | 1,825 | 6 | 373.0 |
| 2019 | 3,667 | 8th lowest of 9 · 183% of median | 3,338 | 14 | 527.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 9 · 0% of median | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 2,001 | 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median | 3,536 | 16 | 267.8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 9 · 0% of median | 1,787 | 15 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 9 · 0% of median | — | 15 | 0.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 9 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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | fragment | 108 measured day(s) on file (under 180 -- a season, not a history) |
| record continuity | unknown | record too short to assess continuity (needs 2+ years of span and 180+ measured days) |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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