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BELLOWS CR D 1

Structure dossier · WDID 2000531 · 1 · BELLOWS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:08 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 1888-12-01 — 431st most senior of the 8016 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: TROUT CR D 1 (1888-06-15). Immediately behind: BELLOWS CR D 4 (1888-12-10).

Decreed rights (1)

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
16923.142151888-12-011903-04-09 1.00.0 CIRR 1903-15

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 108 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 128 AF — 118% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 4 3rd lowest of 15 · 4% of median 5 1.0
2011 20 4th lowest of 15 · 18% of median 13 1.0
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2013 2 2nd lowest of 15 · 2% of median 4 1.0
2014 38 5th lowest of 15 · 35% of median 27 1.0
2016 101 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 134 0.8
2017 173 15th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 304 1.5
2018 153 13th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 121 0.8
2019 148 12th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 109 1.0
2020 115 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 120 0.5
2021 108 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 77 0.8
2022 125 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 85 1.0
2023 166 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 111 1.5
2024 83 6th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 58 0.8
2025 128 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 88 0.8

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