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PHILLIPS D 1

Structure dossier · WDID 2000788 · 1 · ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:05 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 1876-06-16 — 131st 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: KIEL LARSEN D (1876-06-01). Immediately behind: CHADWICK D 3 (1876-06-21).

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
9664.01876-06-161896-05-01 1.20.0 CIRR 121

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 213 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 111 AF — 52% of that, and 2nd 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 72 1st lowest of 15 · 34% of median 102 1.0
2012 275 13th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 148 1.2
2013 177 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 103 1.2
2014 271 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 209 1.2
2015 220 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 215 1.0
2016 213 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 214 1.2
2017 218 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 207 1.2
2018 142 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 133 1.2
2019 322 15th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 210 1.2
2020 204 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 205 1.2
2021 283 14th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 195 1.2
2022 160 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 215 1.2
2023 221 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 220 1.2
2024 189 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 204 1.2
2025 111 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 209 0.8

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