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WARD D 3R

Structure dossier · WDID 2000973 · 1 · SAN FRANCISCO CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:34 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 — 141st 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: WARD D 2R (1876-10-31). Immediately behind: WOLF CR D 1 (1876-12-31).

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
9801.01876-10-311896-05-01 1.00.0 CIRR 129

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 53 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 32 AF — 60% of that, and 3rd 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 119 14th lowest of 15 · 224% of median 57 1.5
2008 101 12th lowest of 15 · 191% of median 46 1.5
2009 60 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 41 1.5
2010 39 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 32 1.5
2014 23 2nd lowest of 15 · 43% of median 34 0.5
2015 69 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 35 1.5
2016 155 15th lowest of 15 · 292% of median 63 1.5
2017 115 13th lowest of 15 · 217% of median 96 1.3
2018 12 1st lowest of 15 · 23% of median 48 0.4
2019 49 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 77 1.5
2021 51 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 65 0.8
2022 53 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 71 1.0
2023 62 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 49 1.0
2024 34 4th lowest of 15 · 64% of median 26 0.8
2025 32 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 33 1.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1403 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 14% of the irrigation seasons in 1980-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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