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Structure dossier · WDID 2001883 · 1 · CAT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:12 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 1885-05-01 — 7819th 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: NEW BIRDSALL & BROWN D (1885-05-01). Immediately behind: 98CW040 HOMELAKE WELL 13 (1935-12-31).

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
54056.129051885-05-011998-12-31 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 69 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2020, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
2006 139 10th lowest of 15 · 201% of median 54 2.0
2007 437 14th lowest of 15 · 633% of median 131 2.7
2008 453 15th lowest of 15 · 656% of median 89 4.6
2009 347 13th lowest of 15 · 503% of median 121 2.8
2010 286 12th lowest of 15 · 414% of median 101 2.1
2011 2 3rd lowest of 15 · 3% of median 17 0.1
2012 64 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 52 1.3
2013 8 4th lowest of 15 · 12% of median 14 2.0
2014 58 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 35 1.5
2015 86 9th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 110 0.4
2016 35 5th lowest of 15 · 51% of median 39 0.5
2017 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 9 0.0
2018 69 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 50 1.1
2019 242 11th lowest of 15 · 351% of median 67 2.0
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0

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 1262 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 27% of the irrigation seasons in 1999-2020 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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