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LAKE MEREDITH
Structure dossier · WDID 1703525 · 3 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:47 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 — 8th 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: 1700540 (1881-03-10). Immediately behind: FORT LYON CANAL (1884-04-15).
Decreed rights (11)
| 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 | IRRMUNCOMINDFIR | 110 |
| 19465.1534 | 1891-12-31 | 1916-11-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDDOM | 0 |
| 19465.176 | 1898-03-09 | 1916-11-25 | 26028.4 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDDOM | 0 |
| 21715.0 | 1909-06-15 | 1916-11-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDDOM | 0 |
| 24435.18515 | 1900-09-10 | 1932-10-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDDOM | 0 |
| 56978.56395 | 2004-05-27 | 2006-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL |
Legal record & documents
22 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
10CW0004, 06CW0120, 84CW0064, CA13693, 09CW0073.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
10CW0004 | 5 | 2010-12-31 | S |
06CW0120 | 3 | 2006-12-31 | S |
84CW0064 | 5 | 1932-10-13 | S |
CA13693 | 3 | 1916-11-25 | S |
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 7,810 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 250 AF — 3% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17,967 | 8th lowest of 12 · 230% of median | 723 | 80 | 188.8 |
| 2012 | 20,007 | 9th lowest of 12 · 256% of median | 18,974 | 117 | 282.5 |
| 2013 | 1,551 | 4th lowest of 12 · 20% of median | 35,882 | 58 | 34.2 |
| 2014 | — | no recorded volume | 22,401 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 2,083 | 5th lowest of 12 · 27% of median | 44,030 | 23 | 156.0 |
| 2016 | 25,190 | 11th lowest of 12 · 323% of median | 35,240 | 100 | 248.2 |
| 2017 | 24,240 | 10th lowest of 12 · 310% of median | 25,212 | 102 | 305.2 |
| 2018 | 4,969 | 6th lowest of 12 · 64% of median | 32,617 | 17 | 168.0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 2nd lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 31,560 | 7 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | — | no recorded volume | 24,442 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 10,650 | 7th lowest of 12 · 136% of median | 30,353 | 157 | 55.1 |
| 2022 | 26,564 | 12th lowest of 12 · 340% of median | 20,212 | 161 | 289.2 |
| 2023 | — | no recorded volume | 20,535 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 35,825 | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 250 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 3% of median | 37,194 | 304 | 63.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 12 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 | 11 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1187 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 10% of the irrigation seasons in 1968-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.