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KIRKHAM D 3

Structure dossier · WDID 2001124 · 1 · ROCK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:02 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 1985-05-17 — 7675th 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: KIRKHAM D 2 (1985-05-17). Immediately behind: KIRKHAM D 4 (1985-05-17).

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
49445.01985-05-171985-12-31 0.6660.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 15 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 8 AF — 53% 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)
2004 45 11th lowest of 15 · 300% of median 46 0.5
2005 49 12th lowest of 15 · 327% of median 39 0.8
2007 71 15th lowest of 15 · 473% of median 46 0.8
2008 68 14th lowest of 15 · 453% of median 47 0.8
2009 29 9th lowest of 15 · 193% of median 46 0.7
2010 14 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 36 0.6
2011 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2015 15 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 61 0.2
2016 15 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 52 0.6
2017 14 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 43 0.7
2019 67 13th lowest of 15 · 447% of median 71 1.0
2021 5 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median 33 0.3
2023 40 10th lowest of 15 · 267% of median 73 0.7
2024 9 4th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 49 0.2
2025 8 3rd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 27 0.5

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.