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Structure dossier · WDID 2000835 · 1 · EMBARGO CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line
Priority 1881-05-10 — 221st 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: MONTOYA D 6 APD (1881-05-08). Immediately behind: CHURCH D (1881-05-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11453.0 | 1881-05-10 | 1896-05-01 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 214 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 79 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 146 AF — 185% of that, and 14th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 44 | 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 24 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 79 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 71 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 25 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median | 25 | 0.7 |
| 2012 | 70 | 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 43 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 60 | 6th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 33 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 133 | 13th lowest of 15 · 168% of median | 84 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | 234 | 15th lowest of 15 · 296% of median | 160 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 94 | 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 66 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 96 | 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 170 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1st lowest of 15 · 18% of median | 29 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 26 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 30 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 40 | 4th lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 49 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 100 | 11th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 67 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 119 | 12th lowest of 15 · 151% of median | 61 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | 146 | 14th lowest of 15 · 185% of median | 84 | 1.0 |
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