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EMPIRE CNL

Structure dossier · WDID 2000623 · 1 · RIO GRANDE · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:00 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 1882-08-10 — 243rd 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: DUNNING MILL D (1882-07-01). Immediately behind: SHERIDAN SOUTH D (1882-09-30).

Decreed rights (6)

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
11910.01882-08-101896-05-01 312.30.0 CIRR 236-A
13650.01887-05-161896-05-01 6.00.0 CIRR 310-A
14016.01888-05-161896-05-01 2.30.0 CIRR 335-A
14548.01889-10-301896-05-01 92.00.0 CIRR 361-A
14641.01890-01-311896-05-01 93.320.0 CIRR 361-B
47116.401161959-11-011979-12-31 0.00.0 CRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 56,898 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 56,898 AF — 100% of that, and 8th lowest of the 15 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 44,084 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median — 215 521.0
2012 42,247 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median — 261 527.1
2013 42,019 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median — 207 510.2
2014 58,016 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median — 214 512.0
2015 59,798 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median — 275 514.2
2016 65,043 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median — 366 516.3
2017 77,788 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median — 363 513.0
2018 20,482 1st lowest of 15 · 36% of median — 365 509.2
2019 81,173 15th lowest of 15 · 143% of median — 365 514.6
2020 66,774 12th lowest of 15 · 117% of median — 366 553.0
2021 43,605 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median — 365 512.7
2022 38,702 2nd lowest of 15 · 68% of median — 365 511.6
2023 74,863 13th lowest of 15 · 132% of median — 334 514.0
2024 56,362 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 275 515.4
2025 56,898 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 304 511.6

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.