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HOT SPRINGS PIPELINE

Structure dossier · WDID 2000675 · 7 · PIERCE CREEK · 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 1901-10-29 — 732nd 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: CALDWELL D (1900-06-01). Immediately behind: HAPPY HOLLOW PIPELINE (1901-10-29).

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
19456.189291901-10-291916-09-13 3.00.0 CIRRDOM 1916-56

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 121 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 35 AF — 29% 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)
1981 154 15th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 365 0.5
1982 145 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 365 0.2
1983 145 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 365 0.2
1984 145 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 366 0.2
1985 121 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.2
1986 145 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 365 0.2
1987 121 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.2
1988 145 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 366 0.2
1989 121 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.2
1990 145 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 365 0.2
1991 121 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.2
1993 65 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 23 3.0
1994 9 2nd lowest of 15 · 7% of median 4 2.3
1999 3 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median 3 0.8
2019 35 3rd lowest of 15 · 29% of median 13 3.0

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