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GOLDEN EAGLE MINE DISCHARGE
Structure dossier · WDID 1900847 · 2 · MIDDLE FORK PURGATOIRE R · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:50 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 1861-11-01 — 14th most senior of the 735 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: GOLDEN EAGLE DIVERSION (1861-11-01). Immediately behind: RUSSELL RESERVOIR (1861-11-01).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4323.0 | 1861-11-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDOTH | 2 |
| 5904.0 | 1866-03-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDOTH | 24 |
| 6149.0 | 1866-11-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | 28 |
| 9983.0 | 1877-05-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDOTH | 82 |
| 10044.0 | 1877-07-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDOTH | 83 |
| 47769.0 | 1980-10-14 | 1980-12-31 | 0.8 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 48940.0 | 1983-12-29 | 1983-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMSTKWLD |
Legal record & documents
9 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
83CW0131, 80CW0110, 10CW0002, 83CW0130, 83CW0129, 83CW0128.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
83CW0131 | 1 | 1983-12-31 | S |
80CW0110 | 1 | 1980-12-31 | O |
10CW0002 | 1 | 1980-12-31 | O |
83CW0130 | 1 | 1903-08-10 | O |
83CW0129 | 1 | 1903-08-10 | O |
83CW0128 | 4 | 1903-08-10 | 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 →
How good is our record of it?
Grade C (6/10 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 | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | absent | no diversion records cached |
| record continuity | unknown | no record span to measure against |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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