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EXCELSIOR D

Structure dossier · WDID 2000627 · 1 · RIO GRANDE · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:01 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 1875-04-01 — 79th 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: CHADWICK D 1 (1875-04-01). Immediately behind: W2420 WELL NO 07 (1875-04-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
9222.01875-04-011896-05-01 8.40.0 CIRR 74
10500.01878-09-301896-05-01 45.70.0 CIRR 163
12204.01883-05-311896-05-01 6.20.0 CIRR 249
12569.01884-05-301896-05-01 29.40.0 CIRR 262
47116.401161959-11-011979-12-31 0.089.7 CRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 24,496 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 22,135 AF — 90% of that, and 3rd 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)
2011 24,441 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 218 126.0
2012 24,496 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 232 89.7
2013 22,950 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 203 89.7
2014 23,302 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 224 89.7
2015 24,859 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 275 116.5
2016 25,472 12th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 366 101.4
2017 24,962 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 365 118.9
2018 17,230 1st lowest of 15 · 70% of median 365 104.7
2019 25,454 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 365 103.8
2020 22,003 2nd lowest of 15 · 90% of median 366 112.8
2021 22,373 4th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 365 102.2
2022 25,806 13th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 318 102.2
2023 27,872 15th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 242 128.2
2024 26,540 14th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 216 140.2
2025 22,135 3rd lowest of 15 · 90% of median 224 117.2

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