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WARD D 2R

Structure dossier · WDID 2000972 · 1 · SAN FRANCISCO 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 1876-10-31 — 140th 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: COCHRAN BROS D 2R (1876-10-31). Immediately behind: WARD D 3R (1876-10-31).

Decreed rights (2)

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
9801.01876-10-311896-05-01 1.00.0 CIRR 132
11839.01882-05-311896-05-01 1.00.0 CIRR 228

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 52 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 84 AF — 162% of that, and 11th 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)
2007 92 14th lowest of 15 · 177% of median 45 1.5
2008 89 13th lowest of 15 · 171% of median 41 1.5
2009 57 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 32 1.5
2010 52 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 36 1.5
2014 21 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 24 1.0
2015 49 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 44 1.5
2016 123 15th lowest of 15 · 236% of median 65 1.5
2017 88 12th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 80 1.3
2018 27 3rd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 53 0.8
2019 83 10th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 77 1.1
2021 37 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 61 0.8
2022 42 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 61 0.8
2023 28 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 24 0.8
2024 17 1st lowest of 15 · 33% of median 15 0.8
2025 84 11th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 57 1.5

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