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ADOBE CREEK RESERVOIR

Structure dossier · WDID 1703546 · 3 · ADOBE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:27 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 1896-08-01 — 53rd 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: HORSE CREEK RESERVOIR (1896-08-01). Immediately behind: NEESOPAH RESERVOIR (1896-08-01).

Decreed rights (3)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
20186.170151896-08-011927-02-03 0.00.0 AIRR R6
20478.01906-01-251928-11-08 61575.00.0 AIRRCOMSTK R24.5
21547.01908-12-291928-11-08 25425.00.0 AIRRCOMSTK R41

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 28,409 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 13,672 AF — 48% of that, and 4th lowest of the 14 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 11,247 3rd lowest of 14 · 40% of median — 26 275.0
2012 — no recorded volume 23,664 0 —
2013 15,523 5th lowest of 14 · 55% of median — 45 218.0
2014 19,900 6th lowest of 14 · 70% of median 9,704 60 287.0
2015 107,125 14th lowest of 14 · 377% of median 7,295 198 627.1
2016 76,102 13th lowest of 14 · 268% of median 57,715 144 703.6
2017 62,375 12th lowest of 14 · 220% of median 43,599 130 660.0
2018 2,874 1st lowest of 14 · 10% of median 32,602 6 396.0
2019 29,437 8th lowest of 14 · 104% of median — 67 596.0
2020 55,804 11th lowest of 14 · 196% of median 27,446 98 386.0
2021 27,381 7th lowest of 14 · 96% of median 0 98 299.0
2022 11,090 2nd lowest of 14 · 39% of median 12,996 108 352.0
2023 49,159 10th lowest of 14 · 173% of median — 109 314.0
2024 48,101 9th lowest of 14 · 169% of median — 110 497.0
2025 13,672 4th lowest of 14 · 48% of median 33,744 60 396.0

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.