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WILDERNESS LAKE RES

Structure dossier · WDID 2003611 · 3 · CROOKED CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:12 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 1920-06-01 — 7249th 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: W3863 WELL NO 01 (1918-12-31). Immediately behind: W3964 WELL NO 02 (1938-08-31).

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
46751.257191920-06-011978-12-31 32.50.0 ARECDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — —% of that, and 1st lowest of the 10 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
1994 — no recorded volume 32 0 —
2004 — no recorded volume 33 0 —
2005 33 8th lowest of 10 · —% of median — 2 16.4
2008 — no recorded volume 33 0 —
2010 33 8th lowest of 10 · —% of median — 11 1.7
2017 33 8th lowest of 10 · —% of median 33 63 16.4
2018 0 1st lowest of 10 · —% of median 0 365 0.0
2019 0 1st lowest of 10 · —% of median 0 365 0.0
2020 0 1st lowest of 10 · —% of median 0 366 0.0
2021 0 1st lowest of 10 · —% of median 0 365 0.0
2022 0 1st lowest of 10 · —% of median 0 365 0.0
2023 0 1st lowest of 10 · —% of median 0 365 0.0
2024 0 1st lowest of 10 · —% of median 0 304 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 2571 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 40% of the irrigation seasons in 1994-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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.