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Structure dossier · WDID 2100584 · 1 · LA JARA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:17 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 1949-05-26 — 709th 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: W3259 WELL NO 06 (1949-03-18). Immediately behind: W0616 WELL NO 01 (1949-06-01).

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
36305.01949-05-261960-05-25 7.00.0 CIRR 1957-16

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 225 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 124 AF — 55% of that, and 2nd 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)
2011 202 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 304 6.8
2012 204 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 72 4.4
2013 162 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 71 6.0
2014 250 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 61 11.3
2015 738 15th lowest of 15 · 328% of median 161 6.3
2016 590 13th lowest of 15 · 262% of median 87 6.4
2017 667 14th lowest of 15 · 296% of median 78 7.4
2018 219 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 71 4.6
2019 558 12th lowest of 15 · 248% of median 69 8.2
2020 70 1st lowest of 15 · 31% of median 35 3.9
2021 225 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 45 5.4
2022 316 10th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 60 5.9
2023 354 11th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 73 3.3
2024 215 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 61 2.6
2025 124 2nd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 41 2.2

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 4229 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 30% of the irrigation seasons in 1959-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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