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BILLINGS D
Structure dossier · WDID 2000546 · 1 · RIO GRANDE · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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 1874-04-30 — 45th 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: CENTENNIAL D (1874-04-20). Immediately behind: FISH D (1874-04-30).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8886.0 | 1874-04-30 | 1896-05-01 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 34 |
| 11443.0 | 1881-04-30 | 1896-05-01 | 7.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 209 |
| 13605.0 | 1887-04-01 | 1896-05-01 | 16.7 | 0.0 | C | IRRRCH | 305 |
| 13971.0 | 1888-04-01 | 1896-05-01 | 4.44 | 0.0 | C | IRRRCH | 324 |
| 14336.0 | 1889-04-01 | 1896-05-01 | 4.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRRCH | 349 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,429 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 4,159 AF — 94% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,947 | 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 218 | 37.4 |
| 2012 | 3,122 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 217 | 34.9 |
| 2013 | 3,310 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 207 | 34.9 |
| 2014 | 5,081 | 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 215 | 34.9 |
| 2015 | 4,727 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 215 | 34.9 |
| 2016 | 5,540 | 14th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 222 | 34.9 |
| 2017 | 5,610 | 15th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 217 | 34.9 |
| 2018 | 1,700 | 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 218 | 25.9 |
| 2019 | 5,242 | 13th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 213 | 34.9 |
| 2020 | 3,533 | 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 216 | 34.9 |
| 2021 | 3,884 | 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 216 | 34.9 |
| 2022 | 4,429 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 217 | 34.9 |
| 2023 | 5,216 | 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 223 | 34.9 |
| 2024 | 5,176 | 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 216 | 38.9 |
| 2025 | 4,159 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 214 | 34.9 |
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