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SPRUCE LAWN D

Structure dossier · WDID 2000863 · 1 · SPRING CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:03 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 1888-02-10 — 288th 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: W1846 WELL NO 01 (1887-12-31). Immediately behind: SPRING RANCH D (1888-04-01).

Decreed rights (3)

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
13920.01888-02-101896-05-01 1.00.0 CIRR 316
18353.01900-04-011903-04-09 10.00.0 CIRR 1903-53A
18550.01900-10-151903-04-09 6.00.0 CIRR 1903-59

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 766 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 644 AF — 84% of that, and 7th 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)
2010 1,360 13th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 142 12.7
2011 454 5th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 220 3.1
2012 766 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 148 8.0
2013 1,086 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 168 11.5
2014 987 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 256 8.7
2015 424 4th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 153 14.2
2016 1,413 14th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 209 17.0
2017 776 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 172 10.5
2018 210 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 160 1.5
2019 574 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 188 6.2
2020 317 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median 178 2.5
2021 818 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 205 9.6
2022 296 2nd lowest of 15 · 39% of median 152 3.5
2023 1,466 15th lowest of 15 · 191% of median 140 15.0
2024 644 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 164 6.2

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