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Structure dossier · WDID 2000857 · 1 · PINOS 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 1882-05-31 — 239th 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: MONTE VISTA CNL (1882-05-31). Immediately behind: MACLEOD D 4R (1882-05-31).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
11839.01882-05-311896-05-01 0.80.0 CIRR 227

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 42 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 42 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 2 4th lowest of 15 · 5% of median 5 0.5
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2013 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2014 15 5th lowest of 15 · 36% of median 24 0.4
2015 47 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 39 0.8
2016 43 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 54 0.7
2017 39 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 64 0.6
2018 17 6th lowest of 15 · 40% of median 23 0.6
2019 119 15th lowest of 15 · 283% of median 85 0.8
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2021 78 13th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 55 0.8
2022 51 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 41 0.8
2023 92 14th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 71 0.8
2024 59 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 46 0.8
2025 42 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 35 0.8

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.