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LE MITA D 2
Structure dossier · WDID 2100553 · 1 · LA JARA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 in line
Priority 1870-03-01 — 8th most senior of the 1041 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: HANSEN LA JARA OVFL D 3 (1870-03-01). Immediately behind: SWAMP D (1870-03-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7365.0 | 1870-03-01 | 1888-07-11 | 2.31 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 6 |
| 11114.0 | 1880-06-05 | 1888-07-11 | 7.2 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 53 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 633 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 972 AF — 154% of that, and 14th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 742 | 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 199 | 2.3 |
| 2012 | 277 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 94 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 267 | 1st lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 186 | 5.7 |
| 2014 | 323 | 4th lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 196 | 9.5 |
| 2015 | 611 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 192 | 6.2 |
| 2016 | 1,045 | 15th lowest of 15 · 165% of median | 234 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 641 | 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 161 | 5.3 |
| 2018 | 290 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 151 | 3.6 |
| 2019 | 633 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 141 | 23.8 |
| 2020 | 356 | 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 162 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 607 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 146 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 902 | 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 206 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 928 | 13th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 210 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 640 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 167 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 972 | 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | 214 | 2.3 |
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